{"id":62353,"date":"2018-12-04T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=62353"},"modified":"2018-12-04T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:55:13","slug":"new-caledonia-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/new-caledonia-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"New Caledonia Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Which of the following Western Pacific Islands (Archipelago) has gone through referendum and decided to stay with France?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)Palau<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)Samoa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)New Caledonia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)Mariana<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 4<sup>th<\/sup> November, 2018, <strong>New Caledonia<\/strong> went for the polls in a referendum deciding whether they wish to become independent from France.<\/li>\n<li>Final result showed that 56.4% chose to remain part of France while 43.6% voted to leave. Recent inhabitants (representing 17% of the total of 210,105) who are registered to vote in general elections were ineligible to vote in the referendum, as agreed in the 1998\u00a0Noum\u00e9a Accord.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>This island is located in the southwest pacific, just east of Australia. This archipelago is a part of the Melanesia region of Oceania. It is a dependent overseas territory of France since it was colonized in 1853.<\/li>\n<li>This is for the second time New Caledonia has undergone referendum for independence, first it was held in 1987.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>By Ramayan Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/01\/new-caledonias-independence-referendum-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/01\/new-caledonias-independence-referendum-what-you-need-to-know<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-46087053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-46087053<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/new-caledonia-says-no-to-freedom-from-france\/article25419845.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/new-caledonia-says-no-to-freedom-from-france\/article25419845.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Caledonian_independence_referendum,_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Caledonian_independence_referendum,_2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following Western Pacific Islands (Archipelago) has gone through referendum and decided to stay with France? (a)Palau (b)Samoa (c)New Caledonia (d)Mariana Answer: (c) Related facts: On 4th November, 2018, New Caledonia went for the polls in a referendum deciding whether they wish to become independent from France. 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