It was in the 1940s that the hill capital of the British Raj directly came to ‘host’ Burma, but the link goes back to the 19th century
It was in the 1940s that the hill capital of the British Raj directly came to ‘host’ Burma, but the link goes back to the ...
Human Rights Watch3mon
II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The British colonized Burma in a series of three wars beginning in 1824. During their rule, the Arakan problem declined as the British allowed for a relative degree of local autonomy. From 1824 to ...
Time1mon
BURMA: Reclaimed
Last week in London the Burmans pointed to the west, north, and east borders of British Burma and claimed the country where the Chins, Shans, Kachins, Nagas, Was, and some Karens lived.
The Atlantic13y
Burma's Economy
Some of the old British enterprises ... i.e. with Japanese reparation receipts and foreign loans. Burma needs to have this level of investment sustained for about eight years more in order ...
The Atlantic8y
Indians and Chinese in Burma
The Indians, our neighbors to the west, have been trading and settling in Burma for centuries, attracted by the opportunities of our fertile, uncrowded country. The British used cheap Indian labor ...
StrategyPage3y
Book Review: The 1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. Pp. xii, 280. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0700630414 Victory on the “Forgotten Front” The ...
Warrington Guardian3d
Picture of heroic Warrington woman shared amid search for relatives
A picture of a heroic Warrington woman caring for a patient during the Burma campaign has been shared in the hopes of locating her family.