"Dap Prampi Mesa Moha Chokchey" ( km, ដប់ប្រាំពីរមេសាមហាជោគជ័យ; meaning "Victorious Seventeenth of April") was the

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Democratic Kampuchea Kampuchea ( km, កម្ពុជា ), officially known as Democratic Kampuchea (DK; km, កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ) from 5 January 1976, was a one-party totalitarian state which encompassed modern-day Camb ...

from at least January 1976. Although the anthem may have been in use in the "liberated zone" much earlier, it was proclaimed the national anthem in article 18 of the Constitution of Kampuchea which was promulgated on 5 January 1976. Supposedly, the Khmer Rouge and/or Pol Pot himself wrote the piece, but its origin remains unknown.Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea
After Vietnam militarily intervened and forced the Khmer Rouge out of most of Cambodia, the

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was established and used a new anthem. However the

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK; km, រដ្ឋាភិបាលចំរុះកម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ, ''Roathaphibal Chamroh Kampuchea Pracheathipatai''), renamed in 1990 to the N ...

continued to use "Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey" as its state anthem in exile. And since the Coalition Government was recognized as the legitimate government of Cambodia by many Western nations and the United Nations, its state anthem continued to be presented as the national anthem of Cambodia in the West until the restoration of the monarchy in 1993.

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Listening Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey

Lyrics of Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey

Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey's video clip
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