The constituent countries within the UK used to be independent of each other.
Wales was conquered by England, but Scotland entered into a union voluntarily-ish (I don’t know the full story of the reasons for it; seem to recall something about Scotland being heavily in debt). And the ins/outs of Ireland / Northern Ireland are a whole thing unto themselves.
Also not uncommon for modern countries to have previously been a patchwork of rival kingdoms that later unified—although it’ll vary whether that was by choice or by conquest (with the latter seeming less like a “merger”)
Modern India could be considered one. The princely states had a choice to be independent when the Brits, but many of them chose to merge into India. Though the ones that chose not to were met with violence (Kashmir, Hyderabad), but many states joined out of socio-economic consideration (large parts of Rajputana), or because of demand from the populace (Travancore).
Though India’s immediate post-colonial situation was pretty unique, and isn’t quite parallel with modern independent nation states.
You misunderstand the problem in Kashmir. Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir was invaded by tribals from Pakistan, and India intervened militarily to rescue the Kingdom, under the condition that Jammu and Kashmir joins India.
For 2 years around the 1971 war, my grandfather worked in Jammu.
Another connection : my grandfather was a member of the organization RSS’s youth wing that had a role in the start of the religious conflict in Kashmir, in October 1947, which led to the invasion by the coreligionists of Muslims under attack there.
Malaysia is a merged country. I don’t know of any other. Do you?
Tanzania
Germany is a merged country in both its original and post-Cold War forms.
The constituent countries within the UK used to be independent of each other.
Wales was conquered by England, but Scotland entered into a union voluntarily-ish (I don’t know the full story of the reasons for it; seem to recall something about Scotland being heavily in debt). And the ins/outs of Ireland / Northern Ireland are a whole thing unto themselves.
Also not uncommon for modern countries to have previously been a patchwork of rival kingdoms that later unified—although it’ll vary whether that was by choice or by conquest (with the latter seeming less like a “merger”)
Modern India could be considered one. The princely states had a choice to be independent when the Brits, but many of them chose to merge into India. Though the ones that chose not to were met with violence (Kashmir, Hyderabad), but many states joined out of socio-economic consideration (large parts of Rajputana), or because of demand from the populace (Travancore).
Though India’s immediate post-colonial situation was pretty unique, and isn’t quite parallel with modern independent nation states.
You misunderstand the problem in Kashmir. Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir was invaded by tribals from Pakistan, and India intervened militarily to rescue the Kingdom, under the condition that Jammu and Kashmir joins India. For 2 years around the 1971 war, my grandfather worked in Jammu. Another connection : my grandfather was a member of the organization RSS’s youth wing that had a role in the start of the religious conflict in Kashmir, in October 1947, which led to the invasion by the coreligionists of Muslims under attack there.