States and territories disestablished in 1972

predecessor of the modern day country of Sri Lanka

government of South Korea from 1963 to 1972

political division in British India

1971-72 government-in-exile of Bangladesh after declaring independence from Pakistan

self-declared autonomous Irish nationalist area of Derry 1969-1972

The Republic of Martyazo () was a short-lived secessionist state proclaimed by Hutu rebels at Vyanda in Burundi's province of Makamba in the early May 1972 during the Ikiza, a period of genocidal violence affecting Burundi.