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Yangon remains the largest city and the most important commercial, economic and cultural center of Myanmar. On 7 May 2005, a series of coordinated bombings occurred in the city of Yangon, Myanmar. Eleven people were killed in the attack, and one of the 162 people that were injured was a member of the LCMS mission team to Myanmar. [40]
The National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon), (Burmese: အမျိုးသား ပြတိုက်), located in Dagon, Yangon, is the major one of the two national museums for Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar.
Government House, Rangoon (Burmese: ဘုရင်ခံအိမ်တော်) was the official residence (Government House) of the colonial governors of Burma.. The building complex, located in north Rangoon, west of Shwedagon Pagoda at the corner of Prome and Ahlone Roads, was designed by British architect Hoyne Fox and built in between 1892 and 1895, at a cost of 717,000 rupees on a ...
In 1990 he came back to Burma and worked as a Member of the Myanmar (Burmese) Historical Commission and Emeritus Professor in University of Yangon in the Departments of History and Archeology. In 2000 Fukuoka Asian Culture prize Committee awarded Professor Than Tun the highest worldwide academic award, a Literate of the 11th Fukuoka Asian ...
The history of Myanmar (also known as Burma; Burmese: မြန်မာ့သမိုင်း) covers the period from the time of first-known human settlements 13,000 years ago to the present day. The earliest inhabitants of recorded history were a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people who established the Pyu city-states ranged as far south as Pyay ...
April: Second Anglo-Burmese War begins; British in power. [1] City becomes capital of British Burma. [1] 1853 - Port of Rangoon established. [12] 1854 - Rangoon Chronicle begins publication. 1855 A Mon noble named Maung Khaing becomes the first Magistrate of Yangon (Rangoon) Maung Htaw Lay (former Mon governor of Dala) restores Shwedagon Pagoda ...
Gregory, James Myanmar: A Neglected Area of Tamil Lexicography. University of Cologne. Pe Maung Tin and G.H. Luce or Gordon Hannington Luce, The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, Rangoon University Press, Rangoon, Burma, January 1960. Dr Than Tun (History Professor, Mandalay University) "Bagan Culture",
The Indian Minority in Burma: The Rise and Decline of an Immigrant Community. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-218194-7. King, Victor T. (2008). The Sociology of Southeast Asia: Transformations in a Developing Region. Copenhagen: NIAS. Warren, James (2002). "The Rangoon Jail Riot of 1930 and the Prison Administration of British ...