Operation Cactus, a successful attempt to stop PLOTE, took place in this nation, and its largest island is Gan.
A coconut palm tree and two criss-crossing national flags are three of several objects that comprise the national emblem of this country, whose twenty-one administrative divisions include Noonu, Laamu, and Alif Alif, the latter of which contains Thoddoo, the site of Buddhist ruins discovered here in 1958. Operation Cactus, a successful attempt to stop PLOTE, took place in this nation, and its largest island is Gan. The Eight Degree Channel, also known as the Minicoy Channel, separates this country from the Lakshadweep Islands, and the House of Theemuge was established here by Koimala after he ousted the ► Cholas. The current president of this nation, Mohamed Nasheed, has called for his people to fight against Global Warming out of fear that otherwise his nation might be completely submerged in the next 50 years or so, and this nation's official language is Dhivehi. Lying in the Laccadive Sea, for 10 points, name this island nation southwest of India with capital at Male.
A coconut palm tree and two criss-crossing national flags are three of several objects that comprise the national emblem of this country, whose twenty-one administrative divisions include Noonu, Laamu, and Alif Alif, the latter of which contains Thoddoo, the site of Buddhist ruins discovered here in 1958.
Republic of Maldives [or Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa; accept Maldive Islands]