Buddhism became the dominant religion in the Maldives and enjoyed royal patronage for many centuries, probably as long as over one thousand and four hundred years.

In 2005, the Maldives became one of the promoters of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture after having earlier acceded to the Convention.

Maldives became a member state of United Nations on 21 September 1965.

The Maldives became a member of the following UN agencies and conferences on the following dates:

The Maldives became a member of Non-Aligned Movement on 15 August 1976.

The Maldives became a member of OIC in August 1974.

The Maldives joined the Commonwealth of Nations on 9 July 1982 as a special member and became a full member on 20 June 1985

The Maldives became a member of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association ( CPA ) on 1 January 2000.

The Maldives became a member of Commonwealth of Learning ( COL ) on September 1989.

The Maldives became a member of Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation ( CFTC ) in 1985.

The Maldives became a member of Commonwealth Youth Programme ( CYP ) on 9 July 1982.

Official and economic relations between the neighboring Indian Ocean countries of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, have been positive since the Maldives became independent in 1965.

In 1953, the Maldives became a republic, resulting in another flag change.

With the support of the people, he abolished the 812 years old sultanate and became the first president of the Maldives on 1 January 1953.

So, a referendum was held and Maldives became a republic.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Maldivians became more aware of the importance of a national anthem and in 1972, shortly before the Maldives was visited by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the government hastily commissioned Sri Lankan maestro W. D. Amaradeva for a new melody for the anthem.

He was deposed in 1968 from the throne when Maldives became a republic, and died the following year.

Thulhaadhoo's Health Centre became famous when Dr. Muhammad Owais Aziz found the first case of Swine Flu in the Maldives.

With this decision, Bank of Maldives became a public company on January 1, 1993.

Buddhism probably spread to the Maldives in the third century BC, at the time of the Mauryan emperor Aśoka the Great, when it extended to the regions of Afghanistan and Central Asia, beyond the Mauryas ' northwest border, as well as South to the island of Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands.

Hulhudhoo is the third most populous island in Addu Atoll in the Maldives.

* The popular name of Mohamed Nasheed, the third president of the second republic of the Maldives

The Maldives remained a Buddhist kingdom for another five hundred years ( perhaps the south-westernmost Buddhist country ) until the conversion to Islam.

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Maldives is a country of South Asia, situated in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India.

unnamed location on Vilingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2. 4 m ( Maldives is the flattest country in the world, i. e. they have the lowest high-point of any country in the world ).

The president of the Maldives has pledged to make his country carbon-neutral within a decade by moving to wind and solar energy.

The Maldives, a country consisting of very low-lying islands, would be one of the first countries to be submerged due to sea level rise.

Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives, as it plays an important role in earning foreign exchange revenues and generating employment in the tertiary sector of the country.

The archipelago of the Maldives is the main source of attraction to many tourists visiting the country worldwide.

The group landed at Malé, the capital island of the Maldives, and spent 12 days in the country.

*. mv, top level domain country code for the Republic of Maldives

* MV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Republic of Maldives

He brought television and radio to the country with formation of Television Maldives and Radio Maldives for broadcasting radio signals nationwide.

Maniku said he met President Nasir at Bangkok Airport in 1990 after Nasir had been pardoned by the Government and Nasir had told Maniku he had sent a letter to President Gayoom requesting permission to return to Maldives and to live anywhere in the country approved by President Gayoom.

The Maldives is a long and narrow country formed by 26 natural atolls.

Owing to the many beautiful diving grounds of the numerous atolls of the Maldives, this country has been marketed as a prime destination for scuba divers worldwide.

The names of the natural atolls of the Maldives are the names given to them by the first settlers of the country or the names derived from these.

He was well known for his efforts to modernize the country, which included the advancement of women and of education in Maldives.

He is still honoured by the citizens of his country even today for being the first president of Maldives and for making the democracy to come alive in this little country.

. mv is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for the Republic of Maldives.

The Maldives Tourism Promotion Board was established by the government to promote quality and sustainable growth in the country ’ s tourism industry and to foster a well utilized and financially healthy private sector industry.