Myanmar History
Myanmar has a long and complex history. Many peoples have lived in the region and the history began. The first identifiable civilization is that of the Mon. The Mon probably began migrating into the area in about 300 BC, and their first kingdom Suwarnabhumi, was founded around the port of Thaton in about 300 BC. The Pyu arrived in Myanmar in the 7th century and established city kingdoms at Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, and Halingyi. During this period, Myanmar was part of an overland trade route from China to India. By 849, the Burmans had founded a powerful kingdom centered on the city of Bagan and filled the void left by the Pyu. The kingdom grew in relative isolation until the reign of Anawrahta (1044 - 77) who successfully unified all of Myanmar by defeating the Mon city of Thaton in 1057.
After the collapse of Bagan authority, Myanmar was divided once again. The Burmans had restablished themselves at the city of Ava by 1364, where Bagan culture was revived and a great age of Burmese literature ensued. The kingdom lacked easily defendable borders, however, and was overrun by the Shan in 1527. Surviors of the destruction of Inwa eventually established a new kingdom centered on Taungoo in 1531 led by Tabinshwehti (reigned 1531-50), who once again unified most of Myanmar. A popular Burmese leader named Alaungpaya drove the Bago forces out of northern Myanmar by 1753, and by 1759 he had once again conquered Pegu and southern Myanmar while also regaining control of Manipur. He established his capital at Rangoon, now known as Yangon. Myanmar was known to the West ever since western explorers had heard of it. Marko Polo was the earliest known westerner who discovered Myanmar and introduced to the West.
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King Bodawpaya
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King Bodawpaya (1782-1819) was one of the greatest king of Myanmar. sixth monarch of the Alaungpaya. or Konbaung. dynasty. in whose reign (1782-1819) the long conflict began with the British.
General Aung San
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General Aung San was born on 13 Feb 1915. Natmauk. Myanmar. Heaungsan was the Myanmar nationalist leader and assassinated hero who was instrumental in securing Myanmar's independence from Great Britain. Before World War II Aung San was actively anti-British; he then allied with the Japanese during World War II. but switched to the Allies before leading the Myanmar drive for autonomy.
The Royal Ruby (Padamyar Ngamauk)
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This article was written in 1985. one hundred years after King Thibaw and Queen Supayar Latt were taken to India by the British.
Historical Events of Myanmar
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The Hope Diamond
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The Hope Diamond in Smithsonian Museum.World's Largest Blude Diamond A Rare but Cursed Treasure.Diamond is the strongest mineral found on earth. Diamond is also the most precious and the most priceless jewel. In Europe. during the middle age. diamonds were assumed to be the reflectors of Jesus Christ. In Myanmar. since many eras ago. diamonds were regarded as the most sacred elements on earth. and were offered to pagodas as the Diamond Orb. located at the topmost of the pagoda.
King Sinbyushin
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King Sinbyushin (A.D 1763-76) was the third king of the Alaungpaya. or Konbaung dynasty in Myanmar. He pursued a policy of expansion at the expense of practically all his neighbours.SinphyushinminSinbyushin's most important single project was the subjugation of Siam (now Thailand).
Sayar San
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Sayar San's (1930-1932) real name was U Ya Gyaw. He was born in Thayet Kan. Shwebo District. Mandalay Division. Once he became the leader of anti-British rebellion of 1930-32 in Myanmar. he was known as Saya San. Saya San was a native of Shwebo.
Burmese Lady With A Cigar
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The history of Burma is fraught with colonial domination and internal conflict.
Curse of Bagan Temples
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King Nanda
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King Nanda was the king of the Taungoo dynasty of Myanmar whose reign (1581-99) ended with the dismemberment of the empire established by his father. Bayinnaung. Upon coming to the throne. Nanda Bayin was faced with a rebellion of his uncle. the viceroy of Inwa. whom he defeated three years later. In December 1584 Nanda Bayin marched into Siam. which had been a vassal of his father. to subjugate the Siamese patriot Naresuan.
Chronology of Konbaung Period
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The 11 Kings of the Konbaung Period
Burmese Representative
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King Binnya Dala
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King Binnya Dala (1747-57) was the last king of Bago in southern Myanmar. whose independence from the northern Myanmars was revived briefly between 1740 and 1757. In 1747 Binnya Dala succeeded Smim Htaw Buddhaketi. who had seven years earlier been set up as king of the Mon in the new capital of Bago after their successful revolt against the Myanmars.
U Thant, United Nations' Secretary General
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U Thant, who filled in as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. was going the world body when Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was murdered in an air crash in September 1961.
Mingun Sayadaw
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Statue of Mingun Sayadaw
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Chief Minister Kinwun Mingyi & Delegation to Britain
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King Alaungpaya
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Ludu Daw Amar
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Portrait of Ludu Daw Amar in her youth
Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung
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U Kaung at age 50
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1945: Rangoon Convocation Hall
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1945 Japanese surrender to Allied forces in front of Convocation Hall (Rangoon, Burma).
1994: 36th Infantry in Myanmar
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36th Infantry Division enters the town of Tigyiang during the advance down the Irrawaddy Valley towards Mandalay, Myanmar. 22 December 1944.
Burmese Minister
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Burmese Minister in court dress - by J. Jackson
King Anawrahta
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King Anawrahta (A.D. 1044-1077). also spelled ANIRUDDHA. the first king of all of Myanmar. (reigned 1044-77). who introduced his people to Theravada Buddhism. His capital at Bagan on the Ayeyarwaddy River became a prominent city of pagodas and temples. During his reign Anawrahta united the northern homeland of the Myanmar people with the Mon kingdoms of the south.
King Tabinshwehti
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Theippan Maung Wa
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Theippan Maung Wa
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Nandawshay Sayar Tin
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Nandashay Sayar Tin was the most famous Musician and Composer of Myanmar Music history. He was the composer of Myanmar National Anthem. Sayar Tin was born in 1892 at Mandalay.
King Thibaw
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King Thibaw (A.D. 1881-1885) was the 11th generation of the Konbaung Dynasty. King Thibaw was the last king of the Myanmar Monarch. He became the King of Myanmar in 1881 at the age of 16. He was born a royal prince from the Queen mother named as Queen Laung Shay. He was known to be the youngest prince among all his siblings. But as all the princes were killed in different circumstance. he was the only heir left to the throne of the Konbaung Dynasty.
Dr. M Shaw Loo
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The First Myanmar Medical Doctor graduated in USA. Dr. M Shaw Loo has to be the first medical doctor from Myanmar. He was the son of U Shwe Thet and Daw Phwar. They descendants of Mon race and were Christians. It was the time when the First British-Myanmar war was going on. in 1824. Young Shaw Loo lived in Mawlamyine. Mon State with his parents.
Mahasi Sayadaw
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The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
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General Maha Bandoola
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General Maha Bandoola (1824-1826) was one of Myanmar's brave general who fought against the British in the First Anglo-Myanmar War. In 1819 Maha Bandoola served in the Myanmar army occupying Manipur. and two years later he commanded a second Myanmar force in the conquest of Assam. King Bagyidaw subsequently appointed him governor of Assam and minister at the court of Inwa.
Min Thu Wun
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Min Thu Wun (Burmese: မင်းသုဝဏ်; 10 February 1909 – 15 August 2004) was a Burmese artist, essayist and researcher who propelled another age abstract development called Khit-San (Testing the Times) in Burma. He is the father of Htin Kyaw, leader of Myanmar since 2016.
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- Chief Minister Kinwun Mingyi & Delegation to Britain
- Chronology of Konbaung Period
- Curse of Bagan Temples
- Historical Events of Myanmar
- History of Myanmar
- Letter to U.S. President James Buchanan, 1857
- Mayan Civilization
- Myanmar Rulers : Kings, Queens, Presidents, and Prime Ministers