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The First of three wars between the British and the Burmese. The war resulted in the British owning most of northern india.
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The second of three wars between the British and the Burmese. This war was won by the British and resulted in the british annexation of Lower Burma
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The last of the three wars fought between the British and the Burmese, this war resulted in the annexation of Burma under British Rule
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The ending of the Konbaung Dynasty, the last Burmese Dynasty.
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The official annexation of Burma, making it a province under British Rule
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A series of protests happened in the first couple of months in 1920, these were against the Colonial Education System
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The first outburst of the Saya San Rebellion, this rebellion lead to many more and the rebellion did not end until 1932.
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Sometime in Febuary 1936, lead by Aung San and Ko Nu, was the Second University Student's Strike
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In a secret meeting, the Communist Party of Burma was formed by seven men.
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During the beginning of WWII, Japan invaded Burma in early 1942.
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Prime Minister U Saw was arrested by the British under charges of communicating with the Japanese
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After a series of assassinations planned by ex-minister U Saw, U Saw once again took presidency in the new and independant Burma
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Nationwide protest against the military dictatorship that ended on September 18 after lots of deaths. Started by students, it spread to whole nation resulting in General Ne Win's resignation
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The State Law and Restoration Council officially changed "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma"'s name to "Union of Myanmar".
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On this day, the General Ellections for power in Burma took place. Despite being under house arrest at the time of the elections, Aung Sun Suu Kyi ended up winning 80% of the seats in parliament. The military refused to recognise the results and kep her under house arrest until 2010.
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This day marks the start of nonviolent protests against a 66% price increase on diesel and petrol.
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During this event, the people of Burma were promised a "discipline-flourishing democracy"
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On March 30, 2011, the Military Junta/State Peace and Development Council dissolved, converting Burma from militarism to democracy.
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On this day, news company, Independent, published an article on the on-going matter of children soldiers still being forced to join the supposedly extinct military junta.