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- The city was retaken by the Allies in May 1945.
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Yangon was under Japanese occupation (1942–45), and incurred heavy damage during World War II. The city was retaken by the Allies in May 1945. Yangon became the capital of the Union of Burma on 4 January 1948 when the country gained independence from British rule. [26]
6 days ago · Yangon, city, capital of independent Myanmar (Burma) from 1948 to 2006, when the government officially proclaimed the new city of Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyidaw) the capital of the country.
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1460 - Palace built by Mon Queen Shin Sawbu. [5] 1484 - Great Bell of Dhammazedi presented. 1583 - Italian merchant, Gasparo Balbi visits. [6] 1755 - Dagon captured by Burman King Alaungpaya and renamed "Yangon." [7] 1756 - Between 1756 and 1759 Alaungpaya appointed Mon Governor of Yangon, Smim Noradecha (Ma Pu) joins Mon rebellion (approximate ...
Although Myanmar villages existed near the great Shwedagon Pagoda for many centuries, modern Yangon dates from about 1852, when it was designated the capital for British-held Lower Myanmar. British firms were brought in to develop the economy of the new colony, and Indian workers and business representatives followed in great numbers.
On New Years Day, 2006, the junta announced that it had moved the capital to the newly-built city of Naypyitaw in the center of the country. Even the civil servants who worked in Yangon were unaware that a new capital was under construction; they were simply told to pack up their offices and move north.
Jan 9, 2015 · Renaming the town Rangoon (presumably because they couldn’t quite work out how to say Yangon), they turned it into their capital, using Sule Pagoda as the official centre-point and building the city in a grid-like structure around that.
May 11, 2018 · The site of a Buddhist shrine, it became capital in 1886, when the British annexed the country. It was the scene of heavy fighting between British and Japanese forces in World War II . It is the country's chief trade centre.
