query: Where is Burma?

title: Burma Office

text: In the words of the "Commonwealth Office Year Book", Unlike other British Government records, the Burma Office records, like those of the India Office, are not in The National Archives at Kew but are deposited with the India Office Records in the British Library, London, where they form part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections. The catalogue is searchable online in the Access to Archives catalogues. Burma Office The Burma Office was a British government department created in 1937 to oversee the administration of Burma. The department was headed until 1947 by the Secretary of State for India and

title: Democratic Voice of Burma

text: Democratic Voice of Burma The Democratic Voice of Burma (, abbreviated DVB) started as a non-profit media organization based in Oslo, Norway and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Run by Burmese expatriates, it made radio and television broadcasts aimed at providing uncensored news and information about Burma. Since 2012 DVB gradually moved back into Burma, where it is now an independent media company, called 'DVB Multimedia Group'. In July 1992, DVB began broadcasting programming into Burma from studios in Oslo, Norway and transmitting via shortwave radio from the Norwegian transmitter at Kvitsoy. Now the broadcast is sent via satellite and free-to-air digital

title: State of Burma

text: quickly collapsed, and Ba Maw fled via Thailand to Japan, where he was captured later that year and was held in Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, until 1946. State of Burma The State of Burma () was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, created in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II. During the early stages of World War II, the Empire of Japan invaded British Burma primarily to obtain raw materials (which included oil from fields around Yenangyaung, minerals and large surpluses of rice), and to close off the Burma Road, which was a primary

title: Burma Railway

text: Burma Railway The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II. This railway completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon). The name used by the Japanese Government is "Thai–Men-Rensetsu-Tetsudou" (), which means Thailand-Myanmar-Link-Railway. The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later. Between 180,000

title: Burma Chronicles

text: Burma Chronicles Burma Chronicles () is a 2007 Canadian graphic novel written and illustrated by Guy Delisle. "Burma Chronicles" is a travelogue about Delisle's time spent in Burma with his young son, Louis, and his wife, Nadège, an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Originally written in French, the book was translated into English by Helge Dascher and published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2008. The book recounts Guy Delisle's trip to the southeast Asian country which is officially recognized by the United Nations as Myanmar but that is referred to as Burma by countries that do not recognize the

title: Burma studies

text: its kind in the world, collecting Burmese art artifacts and hosting an archive or other Burmese materials. Its current director is Dr. Catherine Raymond, Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University. The center publishes the "Journal of Burma Studies", a joint publication made in collaboration with the Burma Studies Foundation and the Burma Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies. It is the essential, and only, peer-reviewed academic journal regarding Burma studies. There is also a lot of activity in Burma studies at the University of Michigan, Cornell University, L'Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, the

title: Dear Burma

text: who have immigrated from Myanmar to start a new life in Bangkok. The school also has a traditional dance class. Dear Burma DEAR Burma (Development of Education and Awareness for Refugees from Burma) is a non-profit and non-denominational school for Burmese migrant workers living and working in and around Bangkok, Thailand and located in downtown Bangkok. It was established by Burmese activist Myint Wai from the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma. The school, which celebrated its 12th birthday in 2012, offers a classroom learning experience that is new even to some adult workers, for whom education was a

title: Dear Burma

text: Dear Burma DEAR Burma (Development of Education and Awareness for Refugees from Burma) is a non-profit and non-denominational school for Burmese migrant workers living and working in and around Bangkok, Thailand and located in downtown Bangkok. It was established by Burmese activist Myint Wai from the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma. The school, which celebrated its 12th birthday in 2012, offers a classroom learning experience that is new even to some adult workers, for whom education was a luxury back home. In the 12 years it has been open, more than 12,000 Myanmar workers have studied and graduated

title: Burma Rifles

text: battalions and served through the Japanese invasion of Burma during the Burma Campaign. Eight Battalions of Infantry were raised along with a holding battalion, a training battalion and four territorial battalions. The men of the territorial battalions were under no obligation to serve outside the borders of Burma. After the British Burma Army's retreat from Burma, a reconstituted 2nd Battalion continued to take part in the Burma Campaign. The remaining highly weakened battalions were disbanded although many of the non-Burmese nationals (Indians and Gurkhas) from them went to form battalions of the Burma Regiment created in September 1942. The 2nd

title: Indo-Burma

text: of Indo-Burma is characterized by distinct seasonal weather patterns. During the northern winter months, dry, cool winds blow from the stable continental Asian high-pressure system, resulting in a dry period under clear skies across much of the south, center, and west of the hotspot (the dry, northeast monsoon). As the continental system weakens in spring, the wind direction reverses and air masses forming the southwest monsoon pick up moisture from the seas to the southwest and bring abundant rains as they rise over the hills and mountains. Indo-Burma Indo-Burma is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International. Indo-Burma encompasses of

title: Migration period of ancient Burma

text: islands in the Andaman Sea on the west coast of Thailand, the provinces of Satun, Trang, Krabi, Phuket, Phang Nga, and Ranong, up through the Mergui Archipelago of Burma. The group includes the Moken proper, the Moklen (Moklem), the Orang Sireh (Betel-leaf people) and the Orang Lanta. The last, the Orang Lanta are a hybridized group formed when the Malay people settled the Lanta islands where the proto-Malay Orang Sireh had been living. Migration period of ancient Burma Humans lived in the region that is now Burma as early as 11,000 years ago, but archeological evidence dates the first settlements

title: Indo-Burma

text: Indo-Burma Indo-Burma is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International. Indo-Burma encompasses of tropical Asia east of the Ganges-Brahmaputra lowlands. Formerly including the Himalaya chain and the associated foothills in Nepal, Bhutan and India, Indo-Burma has now been more narrowly redefined as the Indo-Chinese subregion. The area contains the Lower Mekong catchment. It begins in eastern Bangladesh and then extends across north-eastern India, south of the Brahmaputra River, to encompass nearly all of Myanmar, part of southern and western Yunnan Province in China, all of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Vietnam, the vast majority of Thailand and a

title: Burma studies

text: University of Hawaii, the National University of Singapore, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Rutgers University, as well as in Universities and Institutes in Burma (Myanmar), such as Yangon University, Mandalay University, and the Historical Research Centre. The Burma Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies maintains the Burmastudies e-list, created in March 2013 for the purpose of facilitating communication within the community of international scholars active in Burma/Myanmar-related studies. The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was the first institution of higher education outside of Burma to have many faculty specialising in Burma Studies. Specialists in

title: Burma Office

text: Burma Office The Burma Office was a British government department created in 1937 to oversee the administration of Burma. The department was headed until 1947 by the Secretary of State for India and Burma, a member of the British cabinet, and then for a few months until January 1948 by the Secretary of State for Burma. With the administrative reforms of the Government of India Acts of 1919 and 1935, a tentative devolution of authority to legislative bodies and local governments in South Asia was begun. In 1937, as provided for in the 1935 act, these reforms led to the

title: Burma Plate

text: Burma Plate The Burma Plate is a minor tectonic plate or microplate located in Southeast Asia, sometimes considered a part of the larger Eurasian Plate. The Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, and northwestern Sumatra are located on the plate. This island arc separates the Andaman Sea from the main Indian Ocean to the west. To its east lies the Sunda Plate, from which it is separated along a transform boundary, running in a rough north-south line through the Andaman Sea. This boundary between the Burma and Sunda plates is a marginal seafloor spreading centre, which has led to the opening up

title: Burma Convoy

text: Burma Convoy Burma Convoy is a 1941 film about a truck convoy on the Burma Road directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Charles Bickford and Evelyn Ankers. It was also known as Halfway to Shanghai. In the Burmese town of Lashio, the convoys of an American transport company keep being attacked. Head driver is Cliff Weldon. His brother Mike comes to visit. They deal with a Eurasian spy, a Chinese agent and enemy attacks. The film was announced in April 1941 as "Halfway to Shanghai". It was an early lead role for Evelyn Ankers who had joined the studio

title: Democratic Federation of Burma

text: transition in Burma more effectively. Due to the ban and repression, DFB's activity is limited to protests in exile and along the Thai border. Democratic Federation of Burma Democratic Federation of Burma (DFB) is a political organization in Burma, advocating for democracy and human rights. It was founded in 1989 in Burma and was banned by the military junta in 1990. More than 15 top leaders were sent to jail and some sacrificed their lives in the prison. Many active members including the present leader Moethee Zun live in exile today. On February 25, 2007, DFB and eight other Burmese

title: Women's League of Burma

text: Women's League of Burma The Women's League of Burma is a community-based organisation working on the rights of women from Burma, with a focus on systematic sexual violence in ethnic areas, and women's involvement in political processes, especially in the peace process. It is a membership organisation comprising various ethnic minority women groups from Burma. Its headquarters are in Chang Mai, Thailand, and has offices around the region. With the brutal military regime of the State Peace and Development Council ruling Burma and employing systematic rapes as an instrument of control, many women, men and children have fled to the

title: Free Burma Coalition

text: and boycott orthodoxy." In 2003, Zarni switched his position and started to claim that economic sanctions and political pressure by Western countries on Burma was counter-productive and futile as long as China, India, Thailand and other Asian countries continued to do business with and provide political support to the ruling regime. Following Zarni's change in policy, the staff and virtually all the group's supporters and funders left the Free Burma Coalition and founded the U.S. Campaign for Burma, which maintains the Free Burma Coalition's mission and policies. More recently, Zarni has recreated himself as an activist, who is the leading

title: Burma, Guyana

text: East Coast Highway. Burma, Guyana Burma is a rice-producing village on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Guyana, situated on the East Coast Demerara, east of Georgetown. The village is well known because it houses the Burma Rice Development Station, the only one of its kind in Guyana, where new varieties are tested for desirable traits. Work has been carried out on the breeding of additional blast resistant varieties of 'rustic' type rice as well as aromatic and salt tolerant varieties. Burma is also the location of the Mahaicony-Abary Rice Development milling complex. Both of the institutions are located two miles

title: Burma, Guyana

text: Burma, Guyana Burma is a rice-producing village on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Guyana, situated on the East Coast Demerara, east of Georgetown. The village is well known because it houses the Burma Rice Development Station, the only one of its kind in Guyana, where new varieties are tested for desirable traits. Work has been carried out on the breeding of additional blast resistant varieties of 'rustic' type rice as well as aromatic and salt tolerant varieties. Burma is also the location of the Mahaicony-Abary Rice Development milling complex. Both of the institutions are located two miles south of the

title: Burma Rifles

text: 3rd through 6th battalions were re-raised. Reorganised as a conventional infantry battalion of four companies, the 2nd Burma Rifles was based at Hshiarpur in India, where it remained until August 1945. It was listed in September 1945 as being as part of an internal security and administration static command in the South Burma District. In January 1946 the battalion was transferred to Syriam and in May 1947 formed part of a force involved in operations against dacoits. On 4 January 1948 Burma became independent and the Burma Rifles was absorbed into the new Burma Army, which unlike its Indian and

title: Burma studies

text: The journal started in 1911 about the same time as "The Journal of the Siam Society" and was published in Burma but is no longer published today. The Myanmar Historical Commission which was established in 1955 regularly publishes a journal and holds conferences in Burma Currently, outside of Burma (Myanmar) there are two academic journals specialising in Burma Studies research articles, the "Journal of Burma Studies" and the "SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research". The Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University is the national center for Burma studies in the United States and one of the only centers of

title: Burma Digest

text: Burma Digest The Burma Digest is a weekly bilingual online journal, published by the Democracy for Burma Alliance, a web-based campaign group set up by Burmese refugees and human rights activists worldwide. It features articles written both in English and Burmese. The Burma Digest, as well as all other campaign activities of the Democracy for Burma Alliance are 100% non-profit and volunteering-based. The publication is fully available for reading on Democracy for Burma Alliance's main page [www.tayzathuria.org.uk ]and on blog [www.burmadigest.wordpress.com]. Printable booklets are also offered for downloading and free distribution. The first edition of the Burma Digest appeared in

title: 93rd Burma Infantry

text: as 5 Baluch (now 5 Baloch). 93rd Burma Infantry The 93rd Burma Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and became the 5th (Burma) Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 5th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment. The regiment was raised on 1 January 1800 at Guntur, in South India as the 1st Battalion 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

title: 93rd Burma Infantry

text: in 1903, all former Madras units had 60 added to their numbers. Consequently, the regiment's designation was changed to 93rd Burma Infantry. In 1910, the Burma Battalions were delocalised from Burma and in 1913, the 93rd Burma Infantry moved to Barrackpore in India. On the outbreak of the First World War, the regiment sailed for Egypt in November 1914, where it was deployed to defend the Suez Canal against the Turks. In September 1915, they left for France and over the next three months, served in the trenches of the Western Front. Early in 1916, the regiment arrived in Mesopotamia,

title: 93rd Burma Infantry

text: 93rd Burma Infantry The 93rd Burma Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and became the 5th (Burma) Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 5th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment. The regiment was raised on 1 January 1800 at Guntur, in South India as the 1st Battalion 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry by Colonel George Wahab, and was

title: Bodybuilding in Burma

text: training center is the Yangon City Development Committee Sports Centre. Bodybuilding in Burma Bodybuilding in Burma has a long history, dating back to the 1936 Summer Olympics. Burmese bodybuilders were competing internationally for the country in 2014. Myanmar Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation is the national governing body. The country's interest in weightlifting predates the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where Burmese weightlifter named Zaw Weik competed at the Games, where for geopolitical reasons he was put on the Indian national team. He finished fifteenth. In 2013, Aung Swe Naing was the country's most successful bodybuilder. He had won the

title: Burma Gazette

text: copy. During the Japanese occupation of Burma, the Ba Maw regime instituted Burmese as the official language, and required official publications like the "Burma Gazette" to be published bilingually, in English and Burmese. The National Library of Australia houses all issues of the "Burma Gazette" from 1974 onward. Burma Gazette The Gazette of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (; formerly The Burma Gazette) is the official government gazette of Burma. "The Gazette" is published weekly on Fridays, in Burmese. The Gazette contains new legislation text, executive orders and instructions, details of the establishment and recomposition of committees, promotions

title: Bodybuilding in Burma

text: Bodybuilding in Burma Bodybuilding in Burma has a long history, dating back to the 1936 Summer Olympics. Burmese bodybuilders were competing internationally for the country in 2014. Myanmar Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation is the national governing body. The country's interest in weightlifting predates the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where Burmese weightlifter named Zaw Weik competed at the Games, where for geopolitical reasons he was put on the Indian national team. He finished fifteenth. In 2013, Aung Swe Naing was the country's most successful bodybuilder. He had won the Mr. Myanmar event three times, and the national fitness competition

title: Burma Star Association

text: Burma Star in a lapel badge and cap badge. The Association's Patron is Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and its President is John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, the son of Bill Slim, who commanded the 14th Army in Burma. Burma Star Association The Burma Star Association is a British veterans' association for ex-servicemen and women of all services who served in the Burma Campaign of World War II. The criterion for membership is the award of the Burma Star for service in Burma during World War II for the necessary qualifying period or the Pacific Star with Burma Clasp.

title: Burma Road

text: Burma Road The Burma Road () was a road linking Burma with the southwest of China. Its terminals were Kunming, Yunnan, and Lashio, Burma. It was built while Burma was a British colony in order to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Preventing the flow of supplies on the road helped motivate the occupation of Burma by the Empire of Japan in 1942. Use of the road was restored to the Allies in 1945 after the completion of the Ledo Road. Some parts of the old road are still visible today. The road is long and runs

title: Burma Convoy

text: after being on stage in "Ladies in Retirement". Filming took place in April and May 1941. The film was one of a number being set in the Burma Road around this time, others including "China Caravan", "Burma Road" and "Over the Burma Road". The "New York Times" thought the film was "too tame". Burma Convoy Burma Convoy is a 1941 film about a truck convoy on the Burma Road directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Charles Bickford and Evelyn Ankers. It was also known as Halfway to Shanghai. In the Burmese town of Lashio, the convoys of an American

title: Burma studies

text: Burma studies Burma Studies is a grouping used in research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, cultural anthropology, archeology, religious studies, art history, political science, and musicology, who are doing research in these areas focused on the geographical area of what is today the country of Burma or Myanmar, often using the Burmese language, or a language of one of its ethnic groups such as the Shan, Mon, Karen, Chin, or Kachin. The "Journal of the Burma Research Society" (JBRS) was the first academic journal devoted to Burma Studies.

title: Burma Chronicles

text: "The Atlantic" included "Burma Chronicles" on a list of ten masterpieces of graphic nonfiction. Edith Mirante of "The Irrawaddy" was more critical of the book, calling Delisle's grasp on Burmese politics "literally sketchy" and saying that Delisle lacked "the black and white bravura of other graphic storytellers such as Marjane Satrapi... or Alison Bechdel...". Burma Chronicles Burma Chronicles () is a 2007 Canadian graphic novel written and illustrated by Guy Delisle. "Burma Chronicles" is a travelogue about Delisle's time spent in Burma with his young son, Louis, and his wife, Nadège, an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Originally written

title: Arya Samaj in Burma

text: Samaj was reinvigorated. In 1959 the "Satyarth Prakash" (Light of Truth) was translated in Burmese together with other Arya Samaj literature. Annual conference started to be held in different centres where Arya Samajs were based. Arya Samaj in Burma Arya Samaj was first established in the cities of Mandalay and Rangoon in Burma in 1898. By the time the "Arya Pratinidhi Sabha" of Rangoon was formed in 1930, there were twenty-two Arya Samajs in Burma. The separation of Burma from India in 1937 was a setback for the Arya Samaj and the onset of the Second World War completely disrupted

title: Burma Star Association

text: Burma Star Association The Burma Star Association is a British veterans' association for ex-servicemen and women of all services who served in the Burma Campaign of World War II. The criterion for membership is the award of the Burma Star for service in Burma during World War II for the necessary qualifying period or the Pacific Star with Burma Clasp. The Association was first formed on 26 February 1951 to promote comradeship and the welfare of its members. The arduous nature of the Burma Campaign has been recognised and permission granted to the members to wear a replica of the

title: Burma National Army

text: Slim refused to accept the AFO as a government and insisted that the BNA submit to being disarmed by British forces in areas where the fighting was over. The AFO agreed to this in return for recognition as a political movement and promises that the officers and men of the BNA would be incorporated into the new Burma Army. The BNA was renamed the Patriotic Burmese Forces (), and cooperated in driving the Japanese from Southern Burma. Eventually, the AFPFL (political party successor to the AFO) was brought into the Civil Government of Burma. The PBF was disarmed after much

title: Global Day of Action for Burma

text: the peaceful protesters all over Burma, a number of independent groups, social service organisations and individuals had gotten together to support the Burmese populace. The concept for the day was developed by a coalition of Burma groups including - Burma Campaign UK, US Campaign for Burma, Amnesty International, Avaaz.org and many, many more. Much of the coordination for the protests was done through Facebook.com, where a group called Support the Monk's Protest in Burma (now called Burma Global Action Network was later formed), working closely with Burma Campaign UK and Amnesty International, had steadily grown to over 440,000 members in

title: Burma Digest

text: Uprising, until the next August 8, the Burma Digest offers an award for Burmese language articles and poetry. Each month, two articles and two poems are nominated, then the winner is chosen out of 5 finalists articles/poems. The prize for the best article is USD 250. The prize for the best poem is USD 150. This project and the prizes are funded by donations. Burma Digest The Burma Digest is a weekly bilingual online journal, published by the Democracy for Burma Alliance, a web-based campaign group set up by Burmese refugees and human rights activists worldwide. It features articles written

title: Objective, Burma!

text: Objective, Burma! Objective, Burma! is a 1945 American war film that is loosely based on the six-month raid by Merrill's Marauders in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, the film was made by Warner Bros. immediately after the raid. A group of United States Army paratroopers led by Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn) are dropped into Burma to locate and destroy a camouflaged Japanese Army radar station that is detecting Allied aircraft flying into China. For their mission, they are assigned Gurkha guides, a Chinese Army Captain and an older war

title: Burma studies

text: this academic focus as "Burma studies" reflecting the contested status of the name "Myanmar" outside of the country. Burma studies Burma Studies is a grouping used in research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, cultural anthropology, archeology, religious studies, art history, political science, and musicology, who are doing research in these areas focused on the geographical area of what is today the country of Burma or Myanmar, often using the Burmese language, or a language of one of its ethnic groups such as the Shan, Mon, Karen, Chin, or

title: Burma Gazette

text: Burma Gazette The Gazette of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (; formerly The Burma Gazette) is the official government gazette of Burma. "The Gazette" is published weekly on Fridays, in Burmese. The Gazette contains new legislation text, executive orders and instructions, details of the establishment and recomposition of committees, promotions and postings of gazetted officers and other relevant materials. The 2008 Constitution of Burma stipulates that laws signed by the President, enacted by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, or regional and state Chief Ministers "shall be promulgated by publication in the official gazette." Such laws come into effect the day

title: Burma Road

text: which ran from Ledo, Assam, through Myitkyina and connected to the old Burma Road at Wandingzhen, Yunnan, China. The first trucks reached the Chinese frontier by this route on January 28, 1945. Burma Road The Burma Road () was a road linking Burma with the southwest of China. Its terminals were Kunming, Yunnan, and Lashio, Burma. It was built while Burma was a British colony in order to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Preventing the flow of supplies on the road helped motivate the occupation of Burma by the Empire of Japan in 1942. Use of

title: Norwegian Burma Committee

text: Burma Committee is supported financially by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. The administrative manager is Inger Lise Husøy, while chairman of the board is professor Harald Bøckman. The offices are in Oslo. Norwegian Burma Committee The Norwegian Burma Committee (, DnK) is a Norwegian advocacy group. It was established on 2 January 1992 with the mandate to support and strengthen the Burmese democracy movement. Originally named the Norwegian Burma Council, it took its current name in 2001. The NBCs work is primarily conducted through financial support to projects in Burma and through

title: Rookies in Burma

text: ruse causes a company of Japanese soldiers pursuing them to plunge off a cliff. An elephant helps enable the five to get back to safety, although not before a Japanese tank begins firing at them. Everyone ends up safe and sound, although Jerry and Mike end up right back where they began, peeling potatoes. Rookies in Burma Rookies in Burma is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from an original screenplay by Edward James. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on December 7, 1943, being a sequel to the earlier 1943 film, "Adventures

title: Burma Road

text: through rough mountain country. The sections from Kunming to the Burmese border were built by 200,000 Burmese and Chinese laborers during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and completed by 1938. The construction project was coordinated by Chih-Ping Chen. It had a role in World War II, when the British used the Burma Road to transport materiel to China before Japan was at war with the British. Supplies would be landed at Rangoon (now Yangon) and moved by rail to Lashio, where the road started in Burma. In July 1940, the British government yielded, for a period of three months,

title: Burma Center Prague

text: Kyi and Min Ko Naing who attended events in Prague. In 2012, Burma Center Prague started cooperation with the Wathann Film Fest, which annually takes place in Yangon. Burma Center Prague Burma Center Prague (BCP) is a non-profit Non Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Prague, Czech Republic. It has been founded by two individuals in 2006. Its main goal is to achieve human rights, civil rights and democracy in Burma. It does this The organization is working both in the Czech Republic and implementing global projects. Main activities comprise: Activities by Burma Center Prague have repeatedly been supported by the

title: Burma Campaign UK

text: public donations. Burma Campaign UK receives no government funding. Following the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests Burma Campaign UK worked closely with international Burma Groups to help co-ordinate the Global Day of Action for Burma on 6 October 2007 through the "Support The Monks' Protest In Burma" group on Facebook.com, when thousands of people demonstrated in over 25 countries across five continents. By working with other groups around the world Burma Campaign UK has: This is linked with another aim of BCUK to free all political prisoners. BCUK set up a petition to be sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

title: Britain–Burma Society

text: Britain–Burma Society The Britain Burma Society (BBS) is a society founded in 1957 under the distinguished patronage of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Sir Hubert Rance (formerly Governor of Burma), Miss Dorothy Woodman, the Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald, the Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley and others. The Society aims to be politically neutral and has as its objective the fostering of friendship and understanding between British people and Burmese people, especially in exchange of cultural and social relations between the two countries. The Britain–Burma Society was founded in 1957 under the distinguished patronage of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Sir Hubert Rance (formerly

title: Burma Digest

text: June 2005, featuring only three articles, in English. Nowadays, the average issue of the Burma Digest features more than ten articles in English, and ten in Burmese, as well as interviews with personalities involved in the struggle for democracy in Burma and political dissidents, a newsroom and photo gallery "As a pro-democracy journal, the Burma Digest makes a strong statement against totalitarian regimes, considering the currently ruling military junta as illegitimate and defending Burmese people's right to fundamental freedoms. The beliefs the Burma Digest is aimed to represent and to support are stated on the journal's website and blog: As

title: Burma VJ

text: Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival. "Burma VJ" was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was released to one theater on 20 May 2009 and grossed $5,554 in the opening weekend. Its widest release was in three theaters. As of 1 May 2010, the total gross stands at $123,477. The DVD includes a message from Buddhist actor Richard Gere comparing the situation in Burma to that in Tibet. Burma VJ Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country is a 2008 Danish documentary film directed by Anders Østergaard. It follows the

title: Burma Office

text: separation of Burma from India and the creation in London of the Burma Office, constitutionally separate from the India Office, although the two shared the same Secretary of State and were housed in the same building. The new Burma Office came into existence on 1 April 1937. Soon after the grant of independence to the new dominions of India and Pakistan in 1947, independence came to Burma in 1948, as a republic outside the Commonwealth. Thus the Burma Office was officially dissolved and the last Secretary of State for Burma, William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, left the British Cabinet.

title: Burma Rifles

text: noted and verified by photographs in Major Hogan's collection. Burma Rifles The Burma Rifles were a British colonial regiment raised in Burma. Founded in 1917 as a regiment of the British Indian Army, the regiment re-used the name of an unrelated earlier unit, the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) Madras Infantry, which evolved into the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. After Burma was formally separated from India, the regiment was allocated to Burma. Following Burma's independence from Britain in 1948, the regiment was absorbed into the new Burmese army. The expansion of the British Indian Army during World War

title: Burma Rifles

text: to serve and in 1940 Burmans were again recruited, although the Anglo-Burmese tended to be overly represented in the Burma Rifles and the Burma Military Police. After the British formally separated Burma from India in 1937 the 20th Burma Rifles was allocated to Burma and renamed the Burma Rifles. The intention was for officers to be drawn from the British Army. However the majority of the British officers already serving with the regiment chose to remain with their units on secondment from the British Indian Army. The regiment was expanded during the Second World War to a total of 14

title: Burma Rifles

text: Burma Rifles The Burma Rifles were a British colonial regiment raised in Burma. Founded in 1917 as a regiment of the British Indian Army, the regiment re-used the name of an unrelated earlier unit, the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) Madras Infantry, which evolved into the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. After Burma was formally separated from India, the regiment was allocated to Burma. Following Burma's independence from Britain in 1948, the regiment was absorbed into the new Burmese army. The expansion of the British Indian Army during World War I led to the raising of two companies of

title: Burma-Shave

text: of a long line of party signs and wave to morning traffic. Burma-Shave Burma-Shave was an American brand of brushless shaving cream, famous for its advertising gimmick of posting humorous rhyming poems on small sequential highway roadside signs. Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company in Minneapolis owned by Clinton Odell. The company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as having come "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma" (hence its name). Sales were sparse, and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product with wider appeal. The result was the Burma-Shave brand of

title: Burma-Shave

text: Burma-Shave Burma-Shave was an American brand of brushless shaving cream, famous for its advertising gimmick of posting humorous rhyming poems on small sequential highway roadside signs. Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company in Minneapolis owned by Clinton Odell. The company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as having come "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma" (hence its name). Sales were sparse, and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product with wider appeal. The result was the Burma-Shave brand of brushless shaving cream and its supporting advertising program. Sales increased. At its

title: Indo-Burma

text: an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type. Ten endemic species of the Indo-Burma are: Saola, ELd's Deer, Cat Ba langur, Fishing cat, Giant ibis, Mekong giant catfish,Spoonbilled sandpiper,Red-headed vulture and white-rumped vulture, Sarus crane and the Irrawaddy dolphin. Indo-Burma was one of the first places where humans developed agriculture, and has a history of using fire to clear land for agriculture and other needs. The need for agricultural products has increased in recent years, with the expansion of both human populations and markets. This has contributed to widespread forest destruction; tree plantations (teak, rubber, oil palm)

title: Burma Bazaar

text: Burma Bazaar Burma Bazaar is a market run by Burmese refugees in Chennai, India. It is located at Parrys Corner and is one of the several unorganized or grey market shopping hubs of Chennai. The bazaar was set up in 1969 by the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is located just outside the Chennai Beach railway station, in the old financial district of the city at George Town. It is a row of about 200 shops that line either side of the road for about a kilometre. Burma Bazaar was established by Burmese immigrants, who were Tamil refugees who fled

title: Tibetans in Burma

text: of the Hkakabo Razi region. On foot they reached Tahaundam, which is inhabited by about 200 Khampa Tibetans, including mountaineer Nyima Gyaltsen (see below). Tibetans in Burma Tibetans in Burma are a relatively unknown and unreached Tibetan population outside of Tibet. They are concentrated primarily in the northernmost village in Burma, Tahaundam. As early into the twentieth century as 1932, Tibetans, along with Chinese traders, conducted raids into the northernmost regions of Burma, often displacing the Derung pygmies who resided there. As recently as 2003, Tibetan Khampa traders still cross the border into Burma to conduct business". In 2002-2003, P.

title: Britain–Burma Society

text: to all individuals or bodies interested in the aims of the Society. Britain–Burma Society The Britain Burma Society (BBS) is a society founded in 1957 under the distinguished patronage of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Sir Hubert Rance (formerly Governor of Burma), Miss Dorothy Woodman, the Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald, the Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley and others. The Society aims to be politically neutral and has as its objective the fostering of friendship and understanding between British people and Burmese people, especially in exchange of cultural and social relations between the two countries. The Britain–Burma Society was founded in 1957 under

title: Burma Star

text: the award of the Burma Star were different for service at sea, on land and in the air. No recipient could receive both the Burma and the Pacific Stars. A clasp inscribed 'Pacific' was instituted to be worn on the Burma Star's ribbon by those who earned the Burma Star and who subsequently qualified for the Pacific Star. The award of a gallantry medal or Mention in Dispatches qualified the recipient for the award of the Burma Star, regardless of service duration. Those whose qualifying service period was terminated prematurely by their death or disability due to service were awarded

title: Burma Gazette

text: of such promulgation, unless otherwise stated. The "Burma Gazette", in its modern form, was introduced by the British, and was used to issue circulars and vernacular acts. The "British Burma Gazette" was first published on 2 January 1875 and continued through 25 September 1886. Its successor, the "Burma Gazette", was published from 2 October 1886 onward. The Burma Gazette has, throughout its history, been known by various names: The National Library of Myanmar, which serves as the national archives, possesses the entire run of the "Burma Gazette" from 1875 to 1925 on microfilms, and from 1957 to 1967 in hard

title: Burma Rifles

text: went to Southern India to suppress the Moplah Rising whilst the 4/70th, raised in May 1918, remained in Burma. In the 1922 reorganisation of the British Indian Army the 70th Burma Rifles and the 85th Burman Rifles were merged to form the 20th Burma Rifles. The new regiment numbered four regular battalions. A new battalion, the 11th (territorial) battalion was also formed in 1922. The Burman element in the regiment was mustered out after 1927, although Burmans continued to serve in the Burma Military Police. Personnel drawn from the hill-tribes of Burma and other groups (Karens, Kachins and Chin) continued

title: Burma Rifles

text: Burma Pioneers in Mandalay in November 1916. Burmese of all groups were recruited for these units. After expanding to four companies, the Pioneers became the 70th Burma Rifles in September 1917. The 85th Burman Rifles were raised from the Burma Military Police in July 1917. A second battalion of 70th Burma Rifles was raised in January 1918 and both battalions served in the Middle East in 1918-20. Two more battalions were raised during 1918. According to John Gaylor in his history: "Sons of John Company - The Indian & Pakistan Armies 1903-1991", the 3/70th Burma Rifles, raised in April 1918,

title: Burma Digest

text: a campaign journal for democracy and human rights, the Burma Digest publishes articles mostly (though not exclusively) on social and political issues. However, the Burma Digest, as well as the Democracy for Burma Alliance is not directly affiliated to any political party, ethnic group or organization. It is a space of freedom of speech, reuniting diverse views and opinions. If certain articles show either support or disagreement towards certain organisations or issues, it is only based on the publication's values and beliefs concerning democracy and human rights. Each year, (starting from August 8, the day of the commemoration of 8888

title: Nestor Burma

text: Nestor Burma Nestor Burma is a fictional character created by French crime novelist Léo Malet. In the series of crime novels featuring him one can isolate a subset of novels each set in a different quarter (arrondissement) of Paris which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris", alluding to Eugene Sue's "The Mysteries of Paris" (1842–43). Burma is a hardboiled private detective, in the mold of American characters such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe but decidedly more humorous. He works with a secretary, Hélène, who is hopelessly infatuated with Nestor, in what he calls the "Fiat Lux Agency". Burma's

title: Burma Chronicles

text: "Literary Review of Canada", Jeet Heer called "Burma Chronicles" Delisle's best book. Heer contrasted Delisle's style of travel writing favorably to the "hit-and-run style" of writers like Thomas Friedman. Steve Duin of "The Oregonian" also praised the book, saying at the end of his review, "Because I've never been to Burma, I don't know that "Burma Chronicles" is the perfect travel guide to this land of sweltering heat and monsoons. But it is a marvelous graphic memoir of a year in the life in a remote world that is beyond the ability of most readers to grasp." Kirstin Butler of

title: British rule in Burma

text: War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of "Burma" in British India was created, becoming a "major" province (a Lieutenant-Governorship) in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office under the Secretary of State for India and Burma. British rule was disrupted during the Japanese occupation of much of the country during the Second World War. Burma achieved independence from British rule on 4 January 1948. Burma is sometimes referred to as "the Scottish Colony", due to the heavy role played by Scotsmen in colonising

title: Burma Global Action Network

text: of the Cyclone aftermath. In conjunction with the Burma Campaign UK, Canadian Friends of Burma, the US Campaign for Burma, Info Birmanie, as well as countless local partners, a Global Day of Action for Burma a call for Humanitarian Intervention was held on May 17, 2008, in cities worldwide. A response to Military Than Shwe and the junta's blockade of aid to the Cyclone Nargis aftermath victims, the international community called for a Humanitarian intervention to get aid into the hardest hit areas of Burma. Burma Global Action Network The Burma Global Action Network, also known as BGAN, is a

title: Burma Global Action Network

text: Burma Global Action Network The Burma Global Action Network, also known as BGAN, is a worldwide Internet-based organization. It was founded by the "Support The Monks' Protest In Burma" group on Facebook.com with 400,000 members. Its motto states, ""supporting the Burmese monks and civilians through internet activism by bringing solidarity and unity to the Free Burma Movement using the latest social networking and internet technology."" Burma Global Action Network (BGAN) is a new organization promoting the struggle for justice and democracy in Burma, operating in conjunction with other, more established groups. Founded in the wake of the 2007 Burmese anti-government

title: Burma-Shave

text: peak, Burma-Shave was the second-highest-selling brushless shaving cream in the US. Sales declined in the 1950s, and in 1963 the company was sold to Philip Morris. The signs were removed at that time. The brand decreased in visibility and eventually became the property of the American Safety Razor Company. In 1997, the American Safety Razor Company reintroduced the Burma-Shave brand with a nostalgic shaving soap and brush kit, though the original Burma-Shave was a brushless shaving cream, and Burma-Shave's own roadside signs frequently ridiculed "Grandpa's old-fashioned shaving brush." Burma-Shave sign series first appeared on U.S. Highway 65 near Lakeville, Minnesota,

title: Burma Campaign UK

text: Burma Campaign UK Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) founded in 1991 is a London-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) that aims to achieve the restoration of human rights and democracy in Burma (also known as Myanmar). BCUK campaigns on behalf of the Burmese pro-democracy movement and is the largest campaigning organisation for Burma in Europe. The "Financial Times" has called it "a leading human rights pressure group". It does this by: It has two directors, Anna Roberts and Mark Farmaner. Patrons include Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Maureen Lipman, Roger Lyons, Clive James, Sinéad Cusack and Lord Steel. The organisation is funded by

title: Burma Center Prague

text: Burma Center Prague Burma Center Prague (BCP) is a non-profit Non Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Prague, Czech Republic. It has been founded by two individuals in 2006. Its main goal is to achieve human rights, civil rights and democracy in Burma. It does this The organization is working both in the Czech Republic and implementing global projects. Main activities comprise: Activities by Burma Center Prague have repeatedly been supported by the former Czechoslovak and Czech president Václav Havel. In 2013, the organization has arranged meetings of the Burmese community in the Czech Republic and supporters with Aung San Suu

title: Bombs Over Burma

text: Bombs Over Burma Bombs Over Burma (AKA "The Devil's Sister"), based on a story by Milton Raison, is a 1942 American war film. To depict the Chinese character faithfully, the star, Anna May Wong, and other characters speak Mandarin in the first few minutes of the film. In 1942, Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during World War II are helping to build a road. During the construction of a military supply road like the Burma Road and Ledo Road, the project is sabotaged by an English nobleman who is a German agent. Using a scientific device,

title: Burma (film)

text: can entertain that I almost forgot it doesn’t pay". The New Indian Express wrote, "With it’s interlinking story lines, a smartly written screenplay and slick narration, the film keeps one engaged for its crisp 96 minutes of viewing time..."Burma" is a rollicking, breezy roller-coaster ride". IANS gave it a score of 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, ""Burma" could've easily been an excellent film with its interesting premise and an equally exciting non-linear narrative...Dharani uses the narrative style of Guy Ritchie films, but what he misses out is the deft execution style of the latter...Nevertheless, "Burma" is still a

title: Objective, Burma!

text: also objections to Errol Flynn playing the hero as he had stayed in Hollywood during the war, unlike actors like David Niven or James Stewart. Flynn, however, had tried to enlist but had been declared medically unfit for military service. His studio suppressed the news of his medical problems to preserve his public image. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1945: Objective, Burma! Objective, Burma! is a 1945 American war film that is loosely based on the six-month raid by Merrill's Marauders in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring

title: Burma Campaign UK

text: Lipman, Jay Kay, Joanna Lumley, Esther Rantzen, Kabir Bedi, Sir Ian McKellen and Gillian Anderson. Burma Campaign UK Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) founded in 1991 is a London-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) that aims to achieve the restoration of human rights and democracy in Burma (also known as Myanmar). BCUK campaigns on behalf of the Burmese pro-democracy movement and is the largest campaigning organisation for Burma in Europe. The "Financial Times" has called it "a leading human rights pressure group". It does this by: It has two directors, Anna Roberts and Mark Farmaner. Patrons include Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Maureen

title: Burma Gallantry Medal

text: inscription "Burma" and "For Gallantry". The medal is suspended from a dark green ribbon with a crimson central stripe. Burma Gallantry Medal The Burma Gallantry Medal (BGM) was a military decoration awarded to non-commissioned Officers and other ranks of the British Burma military, Frontier Force and military police for acts of personal bravery in war or peace. Established by royal warrant in 1940, it was first awarded 26 March 1942 and last awarded 28 November 1947. The medal 36 mm in diameter, is round and made of silver. The obverse bears the crowned effigy of King George VI facing left

title: Norwegian Burma Committee

text: Norwegian Burma Committee The Norwegian Burma Committee (, DnK) is a Norwegian advocacy group. It was established on 2 January 1992 with the mandate to support and strengthen the Burmese democracy movement. Originally named the Norwegian Burma Council, it took its current name in 2001. The NBCs work is primarily conducted through financial support to projects in Burma and through political advocacy in Norway. The NBC supports Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy and was founded as a direct result of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991. The Norwegian

title: Free Burma Coalition

text: by the military regime in Burma. On April 26, 1996, USA Today published a cover story about the Free Burma Coalition with a front page picture of Zarni. From 1995 to 1997, the Free Burma Coalition took over the leadership of the existing boycott of Pepsi. Free Burma Coalition activists ramped up the pressure on PepsiCo until 1997 when the company completely severed its remaining business ties in Burma. The Free Burma Coalition also campaigned successfully for the withdrawal of over forty corporations from Burma, including many apparel companies and several oil companies, such as ARCO, Unocal, and Texaco. In

title: Order of Burma

text: Order of Burma The Order of Burma was founded by Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940, and conferred in a single class. It was awarded by the Governor of British Burma for long, faithful and honourable service by Governor's Commissioned (i.e. native Burmese) Officers in the Burma Army, the Burma Frontier Force and the Burma Military Police. In September 1945 the royal warrant was amended to permit awards of the order for gallantry. In 1937 Burmese officers had ceased to be eligible for the Order of British India when Burma became a distinct colony, separate from British India. The Order

title: 93rd Burma Infantry

text: based in Burma. Its designation was changed to the 3rd Regiment of Burma Infantry, and in 1891, to the 33rd Regiment (3rd Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry. In 1901, its title was changed to the 33rd Burma Infantry. The Burma Battalions were units raised to police the new territories acquired in the Third Anglo-Burmese War and pacify the rebellious hill tribes inhabiting the frontier regions of Burma. From 1891 to 1893, the regiment operated in the Kachin State in northern Burma, quelling various outbreaks of rebellion. As part of the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener

title: Legislature of Burma

text: Legislature of Burma The Legislature of Burma was the legislative body of British Burma from 1936 to 1947. As an elected body, the Legislature of Burma was a bicameral legislature consisting of the 36-seat Senate and the 132-seat House of Representatives. The Government of Burma Act 1935 separated Burma from British India as of 1 April 1937, and created a 36-seat Senate and a 132-seat House of Representatives. In 1938, the Legislature of Burma attempted to remedy the dispossession of rural Burmese farmers who were displaced by Indians, in particular, the Chettiars, by passing the Tenancy Act, Land Purchase Act,

title: Canadian Friends of Burma

text: international financial institutions. Canadian Friends of Burma The Canadian Friends of Burma (; CFOB) is a federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization founded in 1991. The CFOB supports the pro-democracy movement in Burma (also known as "Myanmar"), in their goal to achieve peace, democracy, human rights and equality in Burma. Its primary objectives are to raise awareness about the political, human rights and socioeconomic situation in Burma and how it pertains to Canadians, as well as to encourage Canadians to take action and to get involved. The CFOB coordinates campaigns and provides assistance to Burma solidarity groups in Canada and abroad,

title: Canadian Friends of Burma

text: Canadian Friends of Burma The Canadian Friends of Burma (; CFOB) is a federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization founded in 1991. The CFOB supports the pro-democracy movement in Burma (also known as "Myanmar"), in their goal to achieve peace, democracy, human rights and equality in Burma. Its primary objectives are to raise awareness about the political, human rights and socioeconomic situation in Burma and how it pertains to Canadians, as well as to encourage Canadians to take action and to get involved. The CFOB coordinates campaigns and provides assistance to Burma solidarity groups in Canada and abroad, produces educational materials

title: Burma National Army

text: political leaders Thakin Kodaw Hmaing and Thakin Mya. The Japanese later made contact with a Burmese student activist in China named Aung San. Aung San had left Burma in 1940 and had entered China in an attempt to make contact with communists in the country. He reached Amoy, where he was detained by Suzuki. Suzuki and Aung San flew to Tokyo. After discussions at Imperial General HQ, it was decided to form an organisation named Minami Kikan, which was to support Burmese resistance groups and to close the Burma Road to China. In pursuing those goals, it would recruit potential

title: Star of Burma

text: the Star of Burma, pulling open curtains to reveal the opening credits. The gem was also worn in the 1937 film "Hollywood Hotel", and as a pendant from a ruby and diamond necklace by Tamara Geva in the 1937 film "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round". "The Jewels of Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin", published in 2014, describes that the jeweler's most valuable gems, including the Star of Burma, were lent and sometimes sold after Howard Hoeffer established stores in resort communities in the late 1930s. The jewel was sold at fine art and jewelry auctioneer Doyle New York, at a September 14, 2004 auction, where

title: 93rd Burma Infantry

text: where they were engaged in fierce fighting on the Tigris Front during British efforts to relieve the besieged garrison of Kut al Amara. The regiment took part in the Battles of Dujaila Redoubt, Beit Aissa, Khudaira Bend & Jebel Hamrin. It fought with great gallantry and suffered heavy losses in this long and bloody campaign. In 1918, the 93rd Burma Infantry proceeded to Palestine and took part in the Battle of Megiddo, which led to the annihilation of Turkish Army in Palestine. During the war, the 93rd Burma Infantry suffered 1157 casualties including 235 killed. They received a large number

title: Burma Star

text: therefore worn as shown: Burma Star The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War. One clasp, Pacific, was instituted to be worn on the medal ribbon. On 8 July 1943, the Star (later named the Star) and the Africa Star became the first two campaign stars instituted by the United Kingdom, and by May 1945 a total of eight stars and nine clasps had been established to reward campaign service

title: Burma Star

text: Burma Star The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War. One clasp, Pacific, was instituted to be worn on the medal ribbon. On 8 July 1943, the Star (later named the Star) and the Africa Star became the first two campaign stars instituted by the United Kingdom, and by May 1945 a total of eight stars and nine clasps had been established to reward campaign service during the Second World

title: Burma Campaign

text: They suggest the Japanese retention of control of Burma was in military terms irrelevant to the ultimate fate of Japan. Generally, the recovery of Burma is reckoned as a triumph for the British Indian Army and resulted in the greatest defeat the Japanese armies had suffered to that date. The attempted Japanese invasion of India in 1944 was launched on unrealistic premises as after the Singapore debacle and the loss of Burma in 1942, the British were bound to defend India at all costs. A successful invasion by Japanese Imperial forces would have been disastrous. The defence operations at Kohima

title: Burma Rani

text: spoof of Adolf Hitler. Burma Rani Burma Rani () is a 1945 Indian Tamil-language war-spy film directed by T. R. Sundaram. It starred K. L. V. Vasantha in the lead role of the female spy Mangalam and Sundaram, himself, as the lead antagonist. The film was believed to be lost until 2006, when it was rediscovered and made available on DVD. At the height of World War II in 1943, the government of British India brought forth a rule that out of three Indian films made, two should be in support of the British war effort. "Burma Rani" was one

title: Burma Rani

text: Burma Rani Burma Rani () is a 1945 Indian Tamil-language war-spy film directed by T. R. Sundaram. It starred K. L. V. Vasantha in the lead role of the female spy Mangalam and Sundaram, himself, as the lead antagonist. The film was believed to be lost until 2006, when it was rediscovered and made available on DVD. At the height of World War II in 1943, the government of British India brought forth a rule that out of three Indian films made, two should be in support of the British war effort. "Burma Rani" was one of such movies produced

title: Burma VJ

text: Burma VJ Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country is a 2008 Danish documentary film directed by Anders Østergaard. It follows the Saffron Revolution against the military regime in Burma. The "VJ" in the title stands for "video journalists." Some of it was filmed on hand-held cameras. The footage was smuggled out of the country, physically or over the Internet. Other parts of it were reconstructed, which caused controversy. The film won awards, especially at European film festivals, e.g. it won the Golden Apricot at the 2009 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Documentary Film. It won the World

title: Every Where Is Some Where

text: Every Where Is Some Where Every Where Is Some Where is the second and major label debut studio album by American alternative hip hop recording artist K.Flay. The album was released on April 4, 2017 by Interscope Records and Dan Reynolds' imprint Night Street Records, being the first artist signed to the later as well as the first album released. The album is preceded by the singles "Blood In the Cut", "Black Wave" and "High Enough". The tracks "Blood in the Cut", "Dreamers", "You Felt Right" and "Hollywood Forever" were previously released on the "Crush Me" EP. At Metacritic, which

title: Trials in Burma

text: by Orwell in "The Listener", published 9 March 1938: A new edition of the book was published in 1945. It contains an introduction written by the author dated 14 May 1945, and commenting on events in Burma since the book was originally published. Trials in Burma Trials in Burma is a memoir by Maurice Collis, an English author of Irish origin who served in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire written in 1937 describing events in 1929-30. After postings at Arakan, Sagaing and elsewhere, Collis was district magistrate in Rangoon in 1929-1930, a period when relations

title: Trials in Burma

text: Trials in Burma Trials in Burma is a memoir by Maurice Collis, an English author of Irish origin who served in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire written in 1937 describing events in 1929-30. After postings at Arakan, Sagaing and elsewhere, Collis was district magistrate in Rangoon in 1929-1930, a period when relations between Burmese, Indians and British became particularly difficult. In "Trials in Burma" he gives special attention to the political trial of J. M. Sen Gupta, mayor of Calcutta, for sedition in impromptu speeches made during a brief visit to Rangoon in 1930; also

title: Order of Burma

text: by an Imperial crown, with a central roundel showing a peacock displaying his tail, surrounded by the words . It was worn from a neck ribbon of dark green edged with light blue. Abolished in 1947, the government of post-independence Burma created the Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha, (or Order of the Union of Burma) to replace the Order of Burma on 2 September 1948. Order of Burma The Order of Burma was founded by Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940, and conferred in a single class. It was awarded by the Governor of British Burma for long, faithful and honourable service