French protectorate of Cambodia

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The French protectorate of Cambodia was the period of French colonial rule in Cambodia within French Indochina, a collection of Southeast Asian protectorates within the French colonial empire. The protectorate was established in 1863 when the Cambodian King Norodom requested the establishment of a French protectorate over his country, meanwhile Siam (modern Thailand) renounced suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognised the French protectorate on Cambodia. Cambodia was integrated into the French Indochina union in 1887 along with the French colonies and protectorates in Laos and Vietnam (Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin). In 1947, Cambodia was granted self-rule within the French Union, and in 1949 its status was elevated to that of an associated state. Cambodia later gained full independence under the leadership of King Sihanouk on 9 November 1953, a date celebrated as Independence Day.

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