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Period: to
Time Span
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The province of Assam becomes tributary to Myanmar
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Start of the First Anglo-Burmese War
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End of Burmese Monarchy
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Myanmar is proclaimed a British colony and a province of British India
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Japanese occupation of Myanmar
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Independence is achieved in Myanmar
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Currency devaluation wipes out savings and triggers riots
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Border trade between Myanmar and China officially opens
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Western nations and Japan begin economic sanctions against Myanmar
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Myanmar is admitted into ASEAN
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Cyclone Nargis kills 140,00 people and devastates the Irrawaddy Delta