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Hudson, Bob (March 2005), "A Pyu Homeland in the Samon Valley: a new theory of the origins of Myanmar's early urban system" (PDF), Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013; Kipgen, Nehginpao. Myanmar: A political history (Oxford University Press, 2016) online.
Thus, after three wars gaining various parts of the country, the British occupied all the area of present-day Myanmar, making the territory a province of British India on 1 January 1886. [7] [12] "Proclamation" of the annexation of Burma into British Empire in English and Burmese, published in Mandalay on 4 January 1886
The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar. As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire.
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [ 18 ]
This is a list of the monarchs of Burma (Myanmar), covering the monarchs of all the major kingdoms that existed in the present day Burma ().Although Burmese chronicle tradition maintains that various monarchies of Burma (Mon, Burman, Arakanese), began in the 9th century BCE, historically verified data date back only to 1044 CE at the accession of Anawrahta of Pagan.
In the 19th century, following three Anglo-Burmese Wars, Burma was colonized by Britain. On 1 April 1937, Burma became a separately administered colony of Great Britain and Ba Maw became the first Prime Minister and Premier of Burma. Ba Maw was an outspoken advocate for Burmese self-rule and he opposed the participation of Great Britain, and by ...
UMS Aung Zeya, Myanmar Navy Frigate; Aung Zeya Bridge, a suspension bridge in Yangon; Aung Zeya Road, a road in Yangon; The Golden Letter of King Alaungpaya to King George ll of Great Britain of 7 May 1756 was inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World register. It contains a proposal for trade between the two countries, with text engraved ...
Burma (now called Myanmar) 1824–1852 Arakan, Tenasserim: 1852–1886 Lower Burma: 1885–1886 Upper Burma: 1886 Lower and Upper Burma United as a province of British India: 1937 Separate Crown Colony 1948 Independence Name changed to Myanmar after a military junta in 1989. Eastern Bengal and Assam: 1905–1912 Province of British India