British India – British Burma relations
 
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British rule in Burma lasted from 1885 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence. The region under British control was known as British Burma, and officially known as Burma (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်)[1] from 1886.[2] Various portions of Burmese territories, including Arakan and Tenasserim were annexed by the British after their victory in the First Anglo-Burmese War; Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. The annexed territories were designated the minor province (a chief commissionership) of British Burma in 1862.[3]
After the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of Burma in British India was created, becoming a major province (a lieutenant-governorship) in 1897.[3] This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office under the Secretary of State for India and Burma. British rule was disrupted during the Japanese occupation of much of the country during World War II. Burma achieved independence from British rule on 4th January 1948.
Burma is sometimes referred to as "the Scottish Colony" owing to the heavy role played by Scotsmen in colonising and running the country, one of the most notable being Sir James Scott.[citation needed] It was also known for the heavy role played by Indian elites in managing and administering the colony, especially while it was still a part of the British Raj; some historians have called this a case of co-colonialism.[4]
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- ↑ "Original Burmese version of Government of Burma Act, 1935, National Archieve of Myanmar". Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Burmese part of the Proclamation of annexation of Burma into British Empire in published in Mandalay on 4 January 1886
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV 1908, p. 29
- ↑ Bowser, Matthew J. (22 June 2020). "Partners in Empire? Co-colonialism and the Rise of Anti-Indian Nationalism in Burma, 1930–1938". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 49 (1): 118–147. doi:10.1080/03086534.2020.1783113. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022. Unknown parameter
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