British rule in Burma

**British rule in Burma** lasted from 1824 to 1948. This started from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of _Burma_ as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony. The rule finally ended with independence. The region under British control was known as **British Burma**.

## Further reading

- Baird-Murray, Maureen [1998]. _A World Overturned: a Burmese Childhood 1933–47_. London: Constable.  Memoirs of the Anglo-Irish-Burmese daughter of a Burma Frontier Service officer, including her stay in an Italian convent during the Japanese occupation.
- Desai, Walter Sadgun (1968). _History of the British Residency in Burma_. London: Gregg International. .
- Harvey, Godfrey (1992). _British Rule in Burma 1824–1942_. London: AMS Pr. .
- ( http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4729301/Cite )

## Other websites

- J. S. Furnivall, "Burma, Past and Present", _Far Eastern Survey_, Vol. 22, No. 3 (25 February 1953), pp. 21–26, Institute of Pacific Relations. <http://jstor.org/stable/3024126>
- Ernest Chew, "The Withdrawal of the Last British Residency from Upper Burma in 1879", _Journal of Southeast Asian History_, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Sep. 1969), pp. 253–278, Cambridge University Press. <http://jstor.org/stable/20067745>
- Michael W. Charney: Burma, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War.

## Infobox (former country)

- **conventional long name**: Colony of Burma
- **common name**: Burma
- **era**: Colonial era
- **event start**: First Anglo-Burmese War
- **year start**: 1824
- **date start**: 5 March
- **event end**: Independence from the United Kingdom
- **year end**: 1948
- **date end**: 4 January
- **life span**: 1824–1948
- **event1**: Anglo-Burmese Wars
- **date event1**: 1824–1826, 1852–1853, 1885
- **event2**: Separation from British Raj, British India
- **date event2**: 1937
- **event3**: Japanese occupation of Burma, Japanese and Saharat Thai Doem, Thai occupation
- **date event3**: 1942–1945
- **p1**: British Raj
- **flag p1**: British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg
- **p2**: Konbaung Dynasty
- **flag p2**: Flag of the Alaungpaya Dynasty of Myanmar.svg
- **p3**: State of Burma
- **flag p3**: Flag of the State of Burma (1943–1945).svg
- **s1**: Japanese occupation of BurmaJapanese occupation
- **flag s1**: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg
- **s2**: Saharat Thai DoemThai occupation
- **flag s2**: Flag of Thailand.svg
- **s3**: Post-independence Burma, 1948–62Union of Burma
- **flag s3**: Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg
- **image map**: State of Burma orthographic map.png
- **image map caption**: **British Burma** during World War II
**Dark green**: Japanese occupation of Burma
**Light silver**: Remainder of British Burma
**Light green**: Saharat Thai Doem, Occupied and annexed by Thailand
- **status text**: Division of the Bengal Presidency (1826–1862)
Presidencies and provinces of British India, Province of British India (1862–1937)
Colony of the United Kingdom (1937–1948)
- **status**: Colony
- **image flag**: Flag of Burma (1939–1941, 1945–1948).svg
- **flag**: Flag of Burma
- **flag type**: Flag
(1939–1948)
- **image coat**: Badge of Burma (1939–1948).svg
- **symbol**: Coat of arms of Burma
- **symbol type**: Emblem
(1939–1948)
- **capital**: Mawlamyine, Moulmein
<small>(1826–1852)</small>
Yangon, Rangoon
<small>(1853–1942)</small>
Shimla
<small>(1942-1945)</small>
Rangoon
<small>(1945–1948)</small>
- **national anthem**: God Save the Queen, God Save the King (1824–1837; 1901–1948)
God Save the Queen (1837–1901)

- **common languages**: English language, English (official)
Burmese language, Burmese
- **religion**: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
- **currency**: Burmese rupee, Indian rupee, Pound sterling
- **title leader**: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch
- **leader1**: Queen Victoria, Victoria
- **year leader1**: 1862–1901
- **leader2**: Edward VII
- **year leader2**: 1901–1910
- **leader3**: George V
- **year leader3**: 1910–1936
- **leader4**: Edward VIII
- **year leader4**: 1936
- **leader5**: George VI
- **year leader5**: 1936–1948
- **title representative**: List of colonial governors of Burma, Governor
- **representative1**: Sir Arthur Purves Phayre
- **representative2**: Hubert Rance, Sir Hubert Rance
- **year representative1**: 1862–1867 <small>(first)</small>
- **year representative2**: 1946–1948 <small>(last)</small>
- **legislature**: Legislative Council of Burma (1897–1936)
Legislature of Burma (1936–1947)
- **house1**: Senate
- **house2**: House of Representatives
- **today**: Myanmar
- **capital exile**: Shimla, British India
<small>(1942–1945)</small>