United Suvadive Republic
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| އެކުވެރި ސުވާދީބު ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ | ||||||||||
| Unrecognized state | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Thinadhoo | |||||||||
| Languages | Dhivehia | |||||||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| President | Abdullah Afeef Didi | |||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | |||||||||
| • | National Day | January 1, 1959 | ||||||||
| • | Independence declared | January 3, 1959 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | September 23, 1963 | ||||||||
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| a. | Mostly Addu / Huvadhu / Fuvahmulaku dialects. | |||||||||
The United Suvadive Republic (Dhivehi: އެކުވެރި ސުވާދީބު ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ) or Suvadive Islands was a short-lived breakaway nation in the remote southern atolls of the Maldive Islands (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah) that constitute the Suvadive archipelago.
Originally, "Suvadive" (Dhivehi: ސުވާދީބު) was an ancient name for the three southernmost atolls of the archipelago, derived from a name for the largest of the three, Huvadhu Atoll. The early seventeenth-century French navigator François Pyrard referred to Huvadhu as "Suadou" and it was marked as "Suvadina" on maps of the Dutch Empire.
The Suvadive secession occurred within the context of the struggle of the Maldives' emergence as a modern nation still shackled by feudal and structures. The alleged causes were the centralistic policies of the Maldivian government and the recent independence of its neighbors India and Ceylon.
The Suvadives declared independence on January 3, 1959. They capitulated, rejoining the rest of the nation, on September 23, 1963.
Since ancient times there was a lack of communication between the administrative capital Malé and the most distant atolls (North and South) of the Maldive chain. The government of the Maldive Islands never had a scheduled shipping line that could have provided regular communication with the distant Southern Atolls. Forgotten by the capital, there was not even a regular mail service to this remote end of the country.
The result was a chronic lack of elementary needs in the distant atolls, such as certain essential food and clothing supplies, and even, when there were epidemics, a lack of medical assistance and medicines urgently required. In the face of the capital's inability to provide these basic services, the people in the Southern Atolls were left to fend for themselves.
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