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History of Myanmar - The British in Burma, 1885–1948: The third of the Anglo-Burmese Wars lasted less than two weeks during November 1885, with the British taking Mandalay, which had become the capital of northern Myanmar in 1857, with remarkable alacrity.
Britain made Burma a province of India in 1886 with the capital at Rangoon. Traditional Burmese society was drastically altered by the demise of the monarchy and the separation of religion and state.
In 1989 the country’s official English name, which it had held since 1885, was changed from the Union of Burma to the Union of Myanmar; in the Burmese language the country had been known as Myanma (or, more precisely, Mranma Prañ) since the 13th century.
1 day ago · As the guerrillas fought on, the British adopted a “strategic hamlet” plan, whereby villages were burned and families who had supplied villages with their leaders were uprooted from their homes and sent away to Lower Burma (which had been under British control since the Second Anglo-Burmese War).
Nov 2, 2023 · In 1826, the British took Manipur (now in India), Arakan and part of the Thai-Malay peninsula from the Burmese. The rest of lower Myanmar was seized after the second war in 1852. Finally, on 1 January 1886, the whole country was formally incorporated into British India, with a new capital at Rangoon (Yangon).
Oct 13, 2024 · The prehistory of Burma (Myanmar) spanned hundreds of millennia to about 200 BCE. Archaeological evidence shows that the Homo erectus had lived in the region now known as Burma as early as 750,000 years ago, and the Homo sapiens about 11,000 BCE, in a Stone Age culture called the Anyathian.
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Historically, Myanmar, also known as Burma, was composed of numerous states, kingdoms, and kinship networks with fluid spheres of influence and political connections. From 1826 onwards, it was brought under British colonial rule in stages. Its outline today was only formed in 1948 upon independence.
