A post from the archives
November 1922
World-renowned people who lived in Myanmar
In November 1922, 19-year-old Eric Blair (later better known by his pen name George Orwell) arrived in Mandalay for training at the Burma Provincial Police Training School. He lived and worked in Burma for nearly five years and was posted to the Ayeyarwaddy Delta (Myaungmya and Twante), Rangoon (Insein and Thanlyin), Mawlamyaing and Katha. He would grow to hate British imperialism and later wrote one of the most incisive books ever written on colonial life, Burmese Days.
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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.