Colony of Burma

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British colony former colony historical political entity

The Colony of Burma was a British-controlled territory in Southeast Asia that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence in 1948.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Burma	7

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
borderFeature	Andaman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Rangoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage	Burmese ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	Burmese rupee NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian rupee ⓘ
demographicGroup	Bamar NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rakhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause	independence of Burma ⓘ
endDate	1948 ⓘ
establishedAfter	Third Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
flag	Flag of British Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Governor of Burma ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEvent	Third Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedRegion	Arakan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenasserim NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
neighbor	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationPeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ
occupiedBy	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfConflict	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
separatedFrom	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
separationYear	1937 ⓘ
startDate	1886 ⓘ
successor	Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Union of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Burma campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ