Burma (until 1937)

E7059

British colonial territory former administrative division province of British India

Burma (until 1937) was a province administered as part of British India under British colonial rule before becoming a separately governed colony.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
British Burma	45
Union of Burma	13
Burma	11
Burma (until 1937) canonical	2
British Burma (separate colony)	1
Burma (1937–1948)	1
Burma Proper	1
Myanmar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial territory ⓘ former administrative division ⓘ province of British India ⓘ
administeredBy	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
capital	Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon
colonialPower	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
currency	Indian rupee ⓘ
economyBasedOn	oil production ⓘ rice exports ⓘ teak extraction ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Bamar ⓘ Chin ⓘ Upper Burma ⓘ surface form: Kachin Karen ⓘ Mon ⓘ Arakan ⓘ surface form: Rakhine Shan ⓘ
governedAs	province under a governor ⓘ province under a lieutenant-governor ⓘ
includedIn	Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
includedRegion	Arakan ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Karenni States Lower Burma ⓘ Shan States ⓘ Tenasserim ⓘ Upper Burma ⓘ
incorporationIntoBritishIndia	1886 ⓘ
languageUsedInAdministration	Burmese ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasisForSeparation	Government of Burma Act 1935 ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
mainPortCity	Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon
majorCity	Mandalay ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ surface form: British Empire in Asia British India ⓘ Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: Indian Civil Service jurisdiction
predecessor	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Burma
presentDayLocation	Myanmar ⓘ
religionMajority	Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
resultOf	Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
separatedFrom	British India ⓘ
separationDate	1937 ⓘ
separationEvent	Government of Burma Act 1935 ⓘ
status	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: subordinate to Viceroy of India
successor	Burma (until 1937) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Burma (separate colony) Burma (until 1937) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Burma (1937–1948)

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → includedTerritory → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

India → borderCountry → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myanmar

French Indochina → borderedBy → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

British Empire → coloniser → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

British Empire → hasPart → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Burma (until 1937) → successor → Burma (until 1937) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma (separate colony)

Burma (until 1937) → successor → Burma (until 1937) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma (1937–1948)

Secretary of State for India → appliesToJurisdiction → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Bahadur Shah II → deathPlace → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Myanmar → colonialName → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Burma Road → country → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Aung San Suu Kyi → birthPlace → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Group Captain Peter Townsend → birthPlace → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

subject surface form: Peter Townsend

this entity surface form: British Burma

Government of Burma Act 1935 → appliesToTerritory → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Government of Burma Act 1935 → jurisdiction → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Tenasserim → wasPartOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Arakan → wasPartOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Arakan → partOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Burma

Burma Railway → countryAtConstructionStart → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Zafar → placeOfDeath → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Zafar → placeOfExile → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

U Nu → headOfGovernmentOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Burma

U Nu → placeOfBirth → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Shan States → country → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Shan States → partOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Burma

Shan States → partOf → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

South East Asia Command → participatingCountry → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

U Thant → countryOfBirth → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → colonialRelationshipWith → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

subject surface form: United Kingdom

this entity surface form: Burma

British India Command → operatedIn → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Battle of Yenangyaung → country → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Battle of Lashio → location → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Government of British India → appliesToJurisdiction → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

Indian Imperial Police → operatedIn → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Imperial Bank of India → operatedIn → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma

Burma Army (British Burma) → country → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Maung Maung → birthPlace → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Karenni State → incorporatedInto → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Burma

Maung Htin Aung → placeOfBirth → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Aung San → placeOfBirth → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Vichy French authorities in Indochina → sharesBorderWith → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Bama → colonialHistoryContext → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Konbaung Dynasty → successorState → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Shan people → historicalAllegiance → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Yangon City Hall → locatedInFormerTerritory → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Khin Nyunt → placeOfBirth → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Anglo-Burmese Wars → location → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

subject surface form: First Anglo-Burmese War

this entity surface form: Burma

Anglo-Burmese Wars → countryAfterConflict → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma

Queen Supayalat → placeOfDeath → Burma (until 1937) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Burma