Lower Burma
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Early history of Burma |
Pyu City-states (100 BC-840 AD) |
Mon Kingdoms (9th-11th, 13th-16th, 18th c.) |
Pagan Kingdom (849-1287) first Burmese empire |
Ava (c. 1364-1555) |
Pegu (to 1752) |
Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1752) second Burmese empire |
Konbaung Dynasty (1753-1885) third Burmese empire |
War with Britain (1824-1852) |
British Arakan (after 1824) |
British Tenasserim (1824-1852) |
British Lower Burma (1852-1886) |
British Upper Burma (1885-1886) |
British rule in Burma (1886-1948) |
Nationalist Movement in Burma (after 1886) |
Aung San |
Japanese occupation of Burma (1942-1945) |
Post-Independence Burma, 1947-1962 (1947-1962) |
Military era (1962-1989) |
8888 Uprising (1988) |
Military era II (1989-present) |
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Lower Burma is a historical region, referring to the part of Burma annexed by the British Empire after the Second Anglo-Burmese War, which took place in 1852, plus the former kingdom of Arakan and the territory of Tenasserim which the British had taken control of in 1826. Lower Burma was centred at Rangoon, and composed of all of the coast of modern Myanmar, and also the lower basin of Irrawaddy river, including Prome. The area was also known as British Burma. Lower Burma was predominantly populated by Mon, Karen, and Bamar.