The Legislative Council of Burma was the legislative body of British Burma from 1897 to 1936. It was established in 1897 as an advisory council to the...

appointed Secretary of the Burma Legislative Council and Assistant Secretary to the Government of Burma. After more than a decade in Burma, Rudledge returned...

in British Burma who served twice as President of the Legislative Council of Burma. Born in Donnybrook, Dublin, de Glanville was the son of Rev James De...

The Burma Legislature was the legislative body of British Burma from 1936 to 1947. As an elected body, the Legislature of Burma was a bicameral legislature...

one of the first elected Arakanese Indian legislators in British Burma. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Burma during the 1936 Burmese general...

A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state...

Administration Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) was a military junta that governed Myanmar from 2021 to 2025...

Returning Burma, he began to practice law in Rangoon, and became President of the Rangoon Municipal Council and a member of the Legislative Council from 1925...

of the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, Burma became a Governor's Province with a partially elected legislative council, the Legislative Council of Burma,...

chairman of the Rangoon Chamber of Commerce. He served in the Legislative Council of Burma and made several expeditions into unknown regions of Siam. After...

colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese Wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India...

nationalist affairs and in 1915 was appointed to the Legislative Council of Burma, an advisory council to the British colonial governor. He was appointed...

Commerce from 1918 to 1920. A member Burma Legislative Council from 1918 to 1920, he became a member of the Council of State of India from 1920 to 1923. He was...

Court of Lower Burma and also served as Editor of Burma Law Times from 1907–1910. In 1916, he served as Secretary to the Burma Legislative Council. He was...

Engineer of the Burma Railways, later first Agent to the Burma Railways, Port Commissioner for Burma and a Member of the Legislative Council of Burma. He was...

of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) and in 1897, he became one of the first two indigenous Burmese to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Burma...

1905. He was also a member of the Legislative Council from 1901. He was appointed a Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma at Rangoon in 1910, and was...

government of Myanmar. The president chairs the National Defence and Security Council and normally leads the Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese...

the age of 18 to vote, end property taxation and allow Burmese women to inherit the estates of non-Burmese husbands. When the Legislative Council was replaced...

Municipal Committee, and served as a member of the Legislative Council of Burma. In 1919, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his fundraising...

and 1896 and was a member of the Legislative Council of Burma from 1898 and Burma member on the Central Legislative Council from 1898–9 until 1901–2....

the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of which 330 are directly elected through the first-past-the-post...

the Legislative Council of Burma between 1897 and 1937. It was also represented in the Imperial Legislative Council. After the Government of Burma Act...

The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of British India from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the "Charter Act of 1853" by providing...

Consultative Council (Burmese: အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအတိုင်ပင်ခံကောင်စီ; NUCC) is an advisory body of the National Unity Government of Myanmar. Formed in response...

Burma, Roper was General Manager of Burmah Oil Company in Rangoon from 1936 to 1945. He was a member of the Burma Legislative Council 1935–36 and of the...

Rohingyas were elected to Burmese native seats in the Legislative Council of Burma and Legislature of Burma. During the 1936 Burmese general election, Advocate...

products in Burma. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Burma, patron of the Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA), chairman of Myoma National...

administration. He and Kinwun were the first two Burmese to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Burma. However, the British soon detained Taingda,...

they had for generations. Burmese nationalist politicians attempted to convince the colonial Legislative Council of Burma to expand local's rights to...