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1880 - 1937
British India military commands c. 1931
Over the late 1880s, the British Indian Empire annexed the territories of King Thibaw, the last Burmese monarch. Adjacent upland areas - like the Kachin and Wa Hills - were gradually added between 1900 and 1930. Together with Arakan and Lower Burma, they formed "British Burma". Until April 1937, British Burma was a province of British India, ruled by a Lieutenant Governor who reported to the Viceroy in Calcutta.
The British Indian Empire was a military occupation. The British Indian...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.