As the population of the Maldives is separated across around 200 inhabited islands, there is a cable TV operator for nearly every island.

It is also suggested that the Arabs, who reached Lakshadweep and Maldives around 900 AD, may have visited the Chagos, and that Zheng He may have sailed close in 1413 – 1415, since it is documented on a Ming Dynasty map.

The Chagos-Laccadive Ridge is another submerged mountain range runs approximately north-south between Lakshadweep, the Atolls of the Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago.

International tourism is a significant factor in the local economy of Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii and the Maldives, among others.

In many Muslim nations, such as Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Uzbekistan and the Maldives, homosexuality is punished with jail time, fines, or corporal punishment.

* 1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.

The Maldives is a nation consisting of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1192 islands

It is generally said that the conversion of the Maldives to Islam was peaceful, but historical evidence suggests the contrary.

Built in 1656, this is the oldest mosque in Maldives.

It is worth noticing that compared to the other areas of South Asia, the conversion of the Maldives to Islam happened relatively late.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Maldives, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the Head of Government.

The current President of the Maldives is former Senior Member of UNICEF, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, who was sworn into office on 7 February 2012 when his predecessor, Mohamed Nasheed resigned following weeks of protests led by police.

The unicameral Majlis of the Maldives is composed of 77 members serving a five-year term.

Nowadays, the mixed economy of the Maldives is based on the principal activities of tourism, fishing and shipping.

Tourism is the largest industry in the Maldives, accounting for 28 % of GDP and more than 60 % of the Maldives ' foreign exchange receipts.

Fishing is the second leading sector in the Maldives.

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Maldives at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of Rufiyaa.

* 1968 – A second republic is declared in the Maldives.

* Maldives: The vast majority of the population is ethnically Dhivehi at about 98 % of the population, with the remainder consisting of foreign workers ; there are no indigenous ethnic minorities.

** A second republic is declared in the Maldives.

* Islam is introduced to the Maldives.

Ambergris can be found in the Atlantic Ocean and on the coasts of Brazil, Madagascar, the East Indies, The Maldives, China, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the Molucca islands.

Middle Eastern seafarers had just begun to take over the Indian Ocean trade routes in the 10th century AD and found Maldives to be an important link in those routes.

During the British era, which lasted until 1965, Maldives continued to be ruled under a succession of sultans.

Examples of the acculturizing effect of Saudi aid can be seen among the Minangkabau and the Acehnese in Indonesia, as well as among the people of the Maldives.

Former populations in this area, centred on the Maldives and the Laccadive Islands, are presumed to be extinct.

However, the Maldives has often distanced itself from positions taken by the OIC on matters such as the Kashmir dispute, which it regards as a bilateral issue to be settled peacefully between India and Pakistan.

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.

The Maldives female had a robust body like the bottlenoses, although this may be a distortion, since the less-decomposed female specimen from Japan had a laterally compressed body typical of Mesoplodon.

Since these Administrative Divisions of the Maldives are called ' atolls ', but are not always consisting of an atoll proper, they should not be confused with a natural atoll.

The MDP subsequently submitted its registration on June 26, 2005 becoming the first political party to be registered in the Second Republic of Maldives.

The Maldives National Olympic Committee will base its competing athletes in Bedford, while Paralympic athletes from Angola, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Côte d ' Ivoire, Jamaica, Lesotho, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda will also be based in the area.

Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik sent his condolences for the family and declared the national flag to be flown at half mast for three days.

* Robert O. Blake, Jr .-Former U. S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and nominated to be U. S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Department of State

Soon, Maldives began to be recognized as an international tourist destination.

In January 1968, few weeks after the devaluation of the pound, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Defence Secretary, Denis Healey, announced that British troops would be withdrawn in 1971 from major military bases in South East Asia, " east of Aden ", primarily in Malaysia and Singapore as well as Aden and Maldives ( both of which are sited in the Indian Ocean ), which is when the phrase " East of Suez " entered the vernacular.

Other scholars have argued that the Andronovo culture proper formed too late to be associated with the Indo-Aryans of India, and that no actual traces of the Andronovo culture ( e. g. warrior burials or timber-frame materials ) have been found in India and Southern countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

According to Ibn Batuta's version of the story, Rannamaari, a sea demon, haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin.

* Vihamanafushi was the first Island in the Maldives to be developed for Tourism, now called Kurumba Maldives being a 4. 5 star Resort.

With the introduction of local government policy in the Maldives, an Island Council is to be elected for each ward of the island according to the Decentralisation act 2010.

The Top 35 will be going to the Maldives.

With the introduction of local government policy in Maldives, the Decentralisation Act 2010 passed by the People's majlis specifically states that in case of Fuvahmulah an island council has to be elected for each ward of the island.

TVM Television Maldives can be wieved in the island.

Ukulhas ( Dhivehi: އ ު ކ ު ޅ ަ ސ ް) is one of the inhabited islands of Alif Alif Atoll .“ Ukulhas ” is known to be one of the unique featured Islands in the Maldives with many significant characteristics.