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'''Burma''' (now officially called the Union of Myanmar) was a province of the [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal Presidency]] until the establishment of the Burma Office in 1937 after which it was administered separately until independence in 1948.

The British annexed parts of Burmese territory after their victory in the [[1st Burma War]]. Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the [[2nd Burma War]]. In 1862, these territories were designated the minor province of British India, '' British Burma''. After the [[3rd Burma War]] in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of ''Burma'' in British India was created, becoming a major province in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office and the Secretary of State for India and Burma. Burma achieved independence from British rule on January 4, 1948.

*The full transcriptions of the IOR M8/57 files, ''Evacuees from Burma'',are available in from this [http://groups.google.com/group/the-trek-out-of-burma-1942?pli=1 link].*''Songs of The Survivors'', stories about the Goan community in Burma and the Trek. [http://books.google.com/books?id=BRUOLFj1TXgC&pg=PA7 Page 7, the editors preface] Google Books,probably Limired View.

*''Travels in south-eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one. Book 2 with index follows page 276 of Book 1 [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9 Google Books].

*''Rough Pencillings of a Rough Trip to Rangoon in 1846'' by Colesworthey Grant 1853. With illustrations [http://www.archive.org/details/roughpencillings00granrich Archive.org] *Tenasserim Provinces , [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA685 page 685] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855 Google Books