Talk:History of the Maldives

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[edit] Neutrality

I put the Neutrality tag coz I found the following sentences questionable:

Gayoom's popularity remained strong, allowing him to win three more presidential terms. In the 1983, 1988, and 1993 elections, Gayoom received more than 90 % of the vote. Although the government did not allow any legal opposition

How can Gayoom be popular if the government didn't allow legal opposition? Sounds like POV to me.

Interesting article, nevertheless.

-WikiReader.

I'm note sure where OneGuy got the initial article that is now the main article on History of Maldives. But the article seem to be written quite a long time ago and have some stuff that might offend most Maldivians.

For example, the line "Maldives is an isolated nation and is among the smallest and poorest countries in the world", is in by itself could be pretty offending to a Maldivian. A clear defition of isolation need to be added here, since what is ment and what is implied might not be the same. Maldivies being small and poor might not be question here, but this about the history of the nation and not the geography of finances of the nation.

The entry para needs to be re-edited and made more in tune with the topic of this article.

- sri hmv, m.s eng.

I know a "source" very close to Ibrahim Nasir who told me on numerous occasions that the accusations against him are products of the propaganda machine of Gayoom. Are there any links to the investigation of his alleged theft of cash from Maldives when he fled (which are not produced by the admin of Gayoom)? I don't think anyone can dispute that there is a lot of misleading information regarding both Nasir and Gayoom and the Maldivian citizens themselves have the least access of anyone to the true info.

-SomeGuy

In May 2007, the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs produced a report on South Asia which confirmed in p 137 that Nasir indeed embezzled millions of dollars. In anycase some facts are self-evident: a humble civil servant becomes head of government at the age of 31 and departs the country 20 years later and lives a life of uxury in Singapore for the next 30 years! -Machus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrasymachus2007 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

After reading "Machus" comment, I have downloaded the referred report. I don't see any credibility in the one sentence which states that Nasir fled to Singapore with millions of dollars. The whole report of 297 pages refers to Nasir only in the 2 sentences n this paragraph (Page 156 of the report I have), available at http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmfaff/cmfaff.htm.

One of the main reaons for doubting Pr.Maumoon's Government allegation is becuase the Government never publicised any findings of an Investigation on this. There are also questions as to whether the Maldives at that time would have had Millions of dollars to loot, bearing in mind that a dollar of 1978 would be almost 5 now.

His riches may have been from income of his tourim business under Crrescent Tourist Agency, and the various other trading he had. This can be considered unethical at the worst for him to have engaged in business for profit while in office. However that is different from his looting the treasury.

To Nasir's credit are the Independence from British, introduction of English medium education , International Airport (even though opened in 1980, the project was started by Nasir), TV Maldives, and to a large extent the introduction of tourism which is the main contributor for the nation's economy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hittadu (talk • contribs) 07:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Hittadu (talk) 07:22, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Heyerdahl

I am one of those who believes Thor Heyerdahl is more or less of a charlatan, and I'm disturbed that a passage here treats his work as valid. I'm suggesting it be deleted, but it needs a source at the very least (in fact, this whole article is pretty lacking in verfication). · rodii · 17:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heyerdahl in Maldives

I agree, only in Maldives is a controversial adventurer like Heyerdahl given such a high status. This reflects the shortsightedness of our present leaders and intellectuals regarding scientific and historical rigour. I have made a few corrections to the history section, without totally deleting references to Heyerdahl. I hope this will provide a more adequate perspective. Mohonu 06:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC)