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National Day (Burmese: အမျိုးသားနေ့) is a public holiday in Myanmar, marking the anniversary of the first university student strike at Rangoon University in 1920. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The date is based on the traditional Burmese calendar , occurring on the 10th day following the full moon of Tazaungmon . [ 2 ]
This is a timeline of Burmese or Myanmar history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Burma and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Burma. See also the list of Burmese leaders. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items ...
Independence Day (Burmese: လွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့) is a national holiday observed annually in Myanmar every 4 January. The date celebrates Myanmar's Declaration of Independence from British rule on 4 January 1948.
A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. online free to borrow; Hudson, Bob (March 2005), "A Pyu Homeland in the Samon Valley: a new theory of the origins of Myanmar's early urban system" (PDF), Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013
A Japanese invasion of Burma during the Second World War was launched from Malaya in December 1941. This led to the defeat of British and Indian forces and to Japanese rule, but during 1942 the new rulers made promises to grant Burma independence after the war, believing that this would give the Burmese a stake in an Axis victory, create resistance to future re-colonization by the western ...
4 April – The National Unity Government of Myanmar launches an air attack involving 29 drones on junta targets in the capital Naypyidaw. [17] 6 April – Operation 1111: The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State, on the border with Thailand, as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel ...
This is a list of years in Myanmar. See also the timeline of Yangon history . For only articles about years in Myanmar that have been written, see Category:Years in Myanmar .
The first known city-states emerged in central Myanmar in the second century AD. They were founded by Tibeto-Burman-speaking migrants from present-day Yunnan. [4] The history of Myanmar as a unified entity, formerly called Burma, began with the Pagan Kingdom in 849. In 1057, King Anawrahta founded the first unified Myanmar state at Bagan.