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In the 19th and 20th century, many Southeast Asian countries
suffered colonial domination by European powers. Thailand was the only
Southeast Asian state to escape colonial rule. The British and French decided
the country to be neutral territory and it remained independent.
The Sikhs are the ethnic groups who wanted a separate state of their own. The Sikhs are a follower of Sikhism. It is a monotheist religion in the Punjab region of India. During 1940s, the Sikhs worried that their community would be left without a homeland thus they push through the idea of Khalistan, seeing it as a small state that is a part of Punjab region.
One major way in which waves erode land is through the friction of the water on the land itself. Another major way is that the salt in the water erodes the land through chemical processes.