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The Anglo-Burmese Wars were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty, that became British India ‘s most expensive and longest war, costing 5–13 million pounds sterling (£400 million – £1.1 billion as of 2019) and spanning over 60 years. There were three Burmese Wars or Anglo-Burmese Wars:
First Anglo-Burmese War. ပထမ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ်. Part of Anglo-Burmese Wars. British forces launch an amphibious assault on Rangoon in May 1824. Date. 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826. (1 year, 11 months, and 19 days) Location. Burma, East Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Cachar and Jaintia.
27 November 1885, at Ava. The Third Anglo-Burmese War (Burmese: တတိယအင်္ဂလိပ်–မြန်မာစစ်, romanized: Tatiya Ingaleik–Myanma Sit), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance continuing into 1887. It was the final of three wars fought in the ...
The Treaty of Yandabo (Burmese: ရန္တပိုစာချုပ် [jàɰ̃dəbò sàdʑoʊʔ]) was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War.The treaty was signed on 24 February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5 March 1824, by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side, and the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin from the Burmese ...
War. Maung Gyi, Lord of Dabayin. The first substantial blow of the Second Anglo-Burmese War was struck by the Company on 5 April 1852, when the port of Martaban was taken. Rangoon was occupied on 12 April, and then the Shwedagon Pagoda was bombarded by artillery [4] and taken on 14 April; after heavy fighting, the Burmese army retired northwards.
There were three Burmese invasions of Assam between 1817 and 1826, during which time the Kingdom of Assam came under the control of Burma from 1821 to 1825. Locally, this period, called the manor din ( Assamese : "The days/period of the Burmese") by the people of Assam, [ 1 ] is remembered with horror.
5 [1] The Anglo-Manipur War[6] or Manipuri Rebellion of 1891[7][8][9] was a short armed conflict between the British Colonial Forces and the dissenting royal princes of Manipur Kingdom, which was arguably a dependency of the British Empire in India. The conflict began with a palace coup staged by the general (Senapati) of Manipur, ousting its ...
Battle of Danubyu. Battle of Danubyu. Part of the First Anglo-Burmese War. The Combined Forces under Brig. Cotton, C.B. and Captains Alexander, C.B. & Chads, R.N. passing the Fortress of Donabue to effect a junction with Sir Archibald Campbell, on 27 March 1825. Date.