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  2. British rule in Burma - Wikipedia

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    Thakin Nu, the Socialist leader, was now asked to form a new cabinet, and he presided over Burmese independence instituted under the Burma Independence Act 1947 on 4 January 1948. Burma chose to become a fully independent republic, and not a British Dominion upon independence. This was in contrast to the independence of India and Pakistan which ...

  3. Independence Day (Myanmar) - Wikipedia

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    Ba Maw was an outspoken advocate for Burmese self-rule and he opposed the participation of Great Britain, and by extension Burma, in World War II. He resigned from the Legislative Assembly and was arrested for sedition. In 1940, before Japan formally entered the Second World War, Aung San formed the Burma Independence Army in Japan.

  4. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    Gained independence as a republic outside the Commonwealth as Burma. Renamed Myanmar by the military dictatorship in 1989, but still officially known by the United Kingdom government as Burma. Nauru: 31 January: 1968: Co-trustee with Australia and New Zealand; independence effected through Australian legislation (Nauru Independence Act 1967 ...

  5. Flag of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The National Flag of the Union of Burma was designed by Maung Win and adopted by the Constituent Assembly of the Union of Burma in August 1947. [6] It was hoisted for the first time at 4:25 AM on 4 January 1948 when Burma gained its independence from the United Kingdom. The flag consisted of a red field defaced with a blue canton.

  6. List of Burmese flags - Wikipedia

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    (Third) flag of the Burma Independence Army: A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a peacock on a white disk at the centre 1942–1945 Flag of the Burma Defence Army, later, the Burma National Army: A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a stylized red peacock at the centre

  7. A predominantly Catholic ethnic group, the Karenni have been fighting for self-determination since Myanmar, then known as Burma, gained independence from the British in 1948.

  8. Burma Independence Act 1947 - Wikipedia

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    The Burma Independence Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that conferred independence on Burma, today called Myanmar. The Act received royal assent on 10 December 1947. The Union of Burma came into being on 4 January 1948 as an independent republic outside the British Commonwealth.

  9. Crowds cheer as Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to ...

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    Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.