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    The first fourteen years of independent Burma (Myanmar) were marred by several communist and ethnic insurgencies. Prominent insurgent groups during this...
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    The Burma Independence Army (BIA) was a pro-Japanese and revolutionary army that fought for the end of British rule in Burma by assisting the Japanese...
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    display the Burmese script in this article correctly. Insurgencies have been ongoing in Myanmar since 1948, the year the country, then known as Burma, gained...
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    Allies. On 4 January 1948, Myanmar declared independence under the terms of the Burma Independence Act 1947. Myanmar's post-independence history has continued...
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    Tatmadaw (redirect from Military of Burma)
    include the Myanmar Police Force, the Border Guard Forces, the Myanmar Coast Guard, and the People's Militia Units. Since independence in 1948, the Tatmadaw...
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  • The 1962 Burmese coup d'état marked the beginning of one-party rule in Burma (Myanmar) and the political dominance of the military in Burmese politics...
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    between the British and other Europeans and Burmese people from 1826 until 1948 when Myanmar gained its independence from the British Empire.[citation needed]...
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    Ne Win (category Burma Socialist Programme Party politicians)
    as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during...
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    formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of...
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    The position of President was created in 1948, with the adoption of the Burmese Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom. Since then, eleven...
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    and ended up with the name Biruma (ビルマ). At the time of independence in 1948, the "Union of Burma" was the name that was chosen for the new country, being...
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    AFPFL became Burma's most influential political party in the post-war years leading up to independence and for several years after independence was achieved...
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    Shojiro Iida quickly overran Burma from January – May 1942. The Japanese had also assisted the formation of the Burma Independence Army (BIA), which aided...
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    significant in the aftermath of World War II when Burma was granted its independence from Great Britain in 1948. Prior to the end of their colonization, the...
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    The Myanmar civil war, also called the Burmese Spring Revolution, Burmese civil war or People's Defensive War, is an ongoing civil war following Myanmar's...
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  • cabinet, and he presided over Burmese independence which was established under the Burma Independence Act 1947 on 4 January 1948. The popular sentiment to...
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    Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Myanmar (Burma). The term 'Burmese Indian' refers to a broad range of people from South Asia...
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    Myanmar (Burma), established on 5 February 1961. It has an armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army, which operates in Kachin and Shan State. In Post-independence...
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    CPB; colloquially the "white flags") and the Communist Party (Burma) ("red flags") from 1948 to 1989. The conflict ended when the CPB, severely weakened...
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    Aung San organized the People's Comrades force. At the time of Myanmar's independence in 1948, the Tatmadaw was weak, small and disunited. Cracks appeared...
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    Fourth-largest religion in Myanmar, being practised by 1.7% of the population of Myanmar. Hinduism is practised by about 890,000 people in Myanmar, and has been influenced...
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    Post-independence Burma, 1948-62 The First Panglong Peace Conference took place, to discuss the status of citizens post independence, and Myanmar enacted...
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  • World War, ultimately leading to Burma's independence in January 1948. Cambodia See Cambodia's path to independence. Following the capitulation of France...
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    The Prime Minister of Myanmar is the head of government of Myanmar. The post was re-established in 2021 by the State Administration Council (SAC), the...
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    the loss of India, Burma lost relevance and obtained independence from the British. After a parliamentary government was formed in 1948, Prime Minister U...
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    British governed Burma as a separate colony until Burma achieved independence as a republic in 1948. Following a succession crisis in Burma in 1878, the British...
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    in Burma”, in: Geographical Review, Vol. 85, no. 3 (July 1995), pp. 269 – 285. Tinker, H. (ed.), Burma: The Struggle for Independence, 1944 – 1948: Documents...
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    Aung San (category Communist Party of Burma politicians)
    July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule...
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    U Nu (category Burma Socialist Party politicians)
    Union of Burma, from 4 January 1948 to 12 June 1956, again from 28 February 1957 to 28 October 1958, and finally from 4 April 1960 to 2 March 1962. Nu was...
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    formation of the Burma Independence Army, and trained the Thirty Comrades, who were the founders of the modern Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). The Burmese hoped to gain...
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