Complex sentence: In protest, hundreds of Rakhine Buddhist monks began hunger strikes in Rangoon (present-day Yangon), and in response the government launched "Operation Monsoon" in October 1954.
Split into simpler sentences: In protest, hundreds of Rakhine Buddhist monks began hunger strikes in Rangoon (present-day Yangon). As a result of this pressure, the government launched "Operation Monsoon" in October 1954.