List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies
20th and 21st centuries

List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies

Section Title: 20th and 21st centuries
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Name	Period	Today	Notes

Tagalog Republic	1902–1906	Now part of the Philippines.	Revolutionary body set up during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War.

Kingdom of Tibet	1912–1951	Now part of the People's Republic of China	In 1913, Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet proclaimed independence from Qing Dynasty, which was only recognized by Mongolia (however, there have been doubts over the authority of the Tibetan representative to sign the treaty, and thus its validity).

Alash Autonomy	1917–1920	Now part of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan;	De facto self-governing autonomous region.

State of Buryat-Mongolia	1917–1921	Now part of Russia	Established during the Russian Civil War.

Southern Government	1917–1921	Now part of the People's Republic of China	Established during the Warlord Era.

Republic of Aras	1918–1919	Now part of Azerbaijan	Established during the Russian Civil War, this state only lasted several months.

Republic of Mountainous Armenia	1921	Now the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	An anti-Soviet Armenian state which existed from 26 April until 13 July 1921, roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the present-day Armenian provinces of Vayots Dzor and Syunik, and some parts of the present-day Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Kingdom of Syria	1920	Now independent	Lasted for 4 months at the end of World War I until dissolved by the French, who took control.

Persian Socialist Soviet Republic	1920–1921	Now Gilan province in Iran	Created by local guerilleros (Jangali) when Red Army troops entered Iran, but failed to spread the revolutionary movement over the whole of Iran.

Kingdom of Kurdistan	1921–1924	Now part of Iraq	Establishmend by Kurdish nationalists following the collapse of Ottoman Turkey, but were defeated by Britain and incorporated into the British Mandate of Mesopotamia.

Tuvan People's Republic	1921–1944	Now part of Russia	Attempt by Tuvans to gain independence following years of domination by China and Imperial Russia; it was put under Soviet control and later formally annexed.

Republic of Ararat	1927–1930	Now part of Turkey	One of the first Kurdish republics in history, founded in Ağrı Province, Turkey.

Manchukuo	1932–1945	Now part of the People's Republic of China	Puppet state of the Empire of Japan ruled by the Emperor Pu Yi. Manchukuo was diplomatically recognised by El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Soviet Union, Italy, Spain, Nazi Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Vichy France, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark, Croatia, China's Wang Jingwei government, Thailand, and the Philippines.

First East Turkestan Republic	1933–1934	Now part of the People's Republic of China	Set up as part of the movement for an independent East Turkestan it was defeated by the Nationalists.

Fujian People's Government	1933–1934	Now part of the People's Republic of China	Formed following the Fujian Incident, when the former 19th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army broke with commander Chiang Kai-shek and declared a new government.

Chinese Soviet Republic	1931–1937	Now part of China	Recognised by the People's Republic of China (1949–) as a "rehearsal" of the PRC and a "cradle" in which the Communist Party seized power.

Mongolian People's Republic	1932–1945, 1953–1992	Now independent	Was unrecognized by several countries from 1940 to 1960 due to being claimed as an integral part of the Republic of China.

-	1940–1945	Part of China	Puppet government dissolved at the end of World War II. Recognized by Imperial Japan and its allies.

Second Philippine Republic	1943–1945	Now the Philippines	The Second Philippine Republic, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines or known in the Philippines as Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic, was a puppet state established on October 14, 1943, during the Japanese occupation.

Second East Turkestan Republic	1944–1949	Now part of the People's Republic of China	Soviet satellite state set up in East Turkestan; the Soviets later turned against it and approved its annexation by China.

-	1945	Now part of the People's Republic of China	During the Second World War the Japanese support in Inner Mongolia was established, and a new puppet state was created, named Mengjiang.

Azerbaijan People's Government	1945–1946	Now part of Iran	Soviet puppet state set up in Iranian Azerbaijan but later reclaimed by Iran.

Iraqi Kurdistan Republic of Mahabad	1946–1947	Now part of Iran	Declared independence from Iran, but then occupied by Iran after the withdrawal of the Soviet Red Army from the north of the country.

Hyderabad State	1947–1948	Is now split up among Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka states of India.	One of the largest client rulers during British India. At independence in 1947 the UK allowed the local rulers of the princely states to choose between joining India, Pakistan or to become independent.

Khanate of Kalat	1947–1948	Now part of Balochistan province in Pakistan	Kalat was a princely state in Baluchistan Agency, one of the agencies of British India. The Khan of Kalat declared his nation's independence on August 15, 1947, one day after India and Pakistan declared independence.

People's Republic of China	1949–1971	Now independent	Recognised by the Soviet bloc states from 1949. Not recognized by the United States or Western Bloc until the 1970s.

Republic of South Maluku Republic of South Moluccas	1950	Now part of Indonesia	The Moluccas formed part of the United States of Indonesia (27 December 1949 – 17 August 1950), but declared independence in April 1950 in reaction of centralizing tendencies from Jakarta.

United Suvadive Republic Suvadive Islands	1959–1963	Now part of the Maldives	Attempted break-away state; it was supported by Britain briefly before being abandoned.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1954–1961	Now part of India	Territory made up of two former exclaves of the Portuguese district of Daman (Portuguese India). In 1954, it was invaded and occupied by supporters of their integration in the Indian Union.

Republic of Timor	1961	Now part of Timor-Leste	In early 1961 the Battle Office for the Liberation of Timor (Bureau de Luta pela Libertação de Timor) was formed under the leadership of Maoclao and backed by Indonesia.

Free Lebanon State	1979–1984	Now part of Lebanon	In 1976, as a result of the ongoing civil war, the Lebanese army began to break up. Major Saad Haddad, commanding an army battalion in the south which had been part of the Army of Free Lebanon, broke away and founded a group known as the Free Lebanon Army (FLA).

People's Republic of Kampuchea State of Cambodia	1979–1993	Now part of Cambodia	Khmer Rouge was ousted by Vietnam in 1979. Not recognized by the People's Republic of China, North Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, ASEAN countries and the UN.

Democratic Republic of Yemen	1994	Now part of Yemen	Breakaway state formed during the 1994 civil war in Yemen. It only lasted six weeks before being reconquered.

Tamil Eelam	2004–2009	Recaptured by Sri Lanka	After a 26-year Failed military campaign. Sri Lanka Military Starting their Offensive from 2005.

Bangsamoro Republik Bangsamoro Republik	2013	Now part of the Philippines	Following their defeat in Zamboanga City by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on September 28, 2013, the Moro National Liberation Front self-declared Bangsamoro Republic ceased to exist.

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