Question: When was Lower Burma annexed by the country that owned the region that secured southern Lebanon in 1978, before it became a nation?

After World War I, Ottoman territories in the Levant came under British and French control and the League of Nations granted the British a Mandate to rule Palestine which was to be turned into a Jewish National Home. A Jewish national movement, Zionism, emerged in the late - 19th century (partially in response to growing anti-Semitism) and Aliyah (Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel) increased. A rival Arab nationalism also claimed rights over the former Ottoman territories and sought to prevent Jewish migration into Palestine, leading to growing Arab -- Jewish tensions. Israeli independence in 1948 was marked by massive migration of Jews from Europe, a Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries to Israel, and of Arabs from Israel, followed by the Arab -- Israeli conflict. About 43% of the world's Jews live in Israel today, the largest Jewish community in the world. <SEP> The war saw the loss of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty, whose rule had already been reduced to the territory known as Upper Burma, the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853, as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War. The Third Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the Third Burma War, was a conflict that took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance and insurgency continuing into 1887. It was the final of three wars fought in the 19th century between the Burmese and the British. <SEP> early civilisations in myanmar included the tibeto-burman-speaking pyu city-states in upper burma and the mon kingdoms in lower burma. in the 9th century, the bamar people entered the upper irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the pagan kingdom in the 1050s, the burmese language, culture and theravada buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. the pagan kingdom fell due to the mongol invasions and several warring states emerged. in the 16th century, reunified by the taungoo dynasty, the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of southeast asia. the early 19th century konbaung dynasty ruled over an area that included modern myanmar and briefly controlled manipur and assam as well. the british conquered myanmar after three anglo-burmese wars in the 19th century and the country became a british colony. myanmar became an independent nation in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup d'état in 1962, a military dictatorship. <SEP> the battle of maroun al-ras was a battle of the 2006 lebanon war that took place in maroun ar-ras, a small village in southern lebanon on the border with israel, and jall ad-dayr, a nearby hizbullah stronghold. this battle was the first serious ground battle in the 2006 lebanon war. it was fought to a large extent by elite forces on both sides and would have huge consequences for the future of the war. although israeli forces captured most of the town, they did not fully secure it. <SEP> On 11 March 1978, a PLO guerilla raid from Lebanon led to the Coastal Road Massacre. Most PLO fighters withdrew, but Israel was able to secure southern Lebanon until a UN force and the Lebanese army could take over. The PLO soon resumed its policy of attacks against Israel. In the next few years, the PLO infiltrated the south and kept up a sporadic shelling across the border. Israel carried out numerous retaliatory attacks by air and on the ground. Israel responded by launching an invasion of southern Lebanon to destroy the PLO bases south of the Litani River.