title: 1953 in Cambodia
text: # 1953 in Cambodia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Cambodia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Norodom Sihanouk
  * Prime Minister: Penn Nouth (until November 22), Chan Nak (starting November 22)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### May
  
  * May 9 - France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with King Norodom Sihanouk.
  
  ### November
  
  * November 9 - The Khmer Issarak begins to fight the French Army and Cambodia joins the First Indochina War but the Kingdom of Cambodia is established.
  