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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=OHWMG4_nOQwC&pg=PA259 Shipwreck] of the Juno on the coast of Aracan in 1795 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=OHWMG4_nOQwC&pg=PA293  history] of Aracan. Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=OHWMG4_nOQwC&pg=PA259 Shipwreck] of the Juno on the coast of Aracan in 1795 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=OHWMG4_nOQwC&pg=PA293  history] of Aracan. Google Books
 
*''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].
 
*''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].
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lIzSAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA221 "Notes on Arakan by the late Rev GS Comstock, American Baptist Missionary in that country 1834-1844"] from ''Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 1, No 3 1847'', page 221 Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lIzSAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA219 "Notes on Arakan by the late Rev GS Comstock, American Baptist Missionary in that country 1834-1844"] from ''Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 1, No 3 1847'', page 219 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].
 
*''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.
 
*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.
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*[http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/bjudson13.html Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson-Pioneer American Baptist Missionaries to Burma] Wholesomewords.org
 
*[http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/escape-from-burma-to-a-life-of-music-and-cuisine-20091023-hdaf.html Obituary of Reuben Solomon] born Rangoon 1921, from the Sydney Morning Herald dated 24 October 2009
 
*[http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/escape-from-burma-to-a-life-of-music-and-cuisine-20091023-hdaf.html Obituary of Reuben Solomon] born Rangoon 1921, from the Sydney Morning Herald dated 24 October 2009
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers_in_Myanmar De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar]  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers_in_Myanmar De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar]  

Revision as of 11:03, 3 August 2010

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

Geography

Places in Burma:

History

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.

Military

Trek Out of Burma in 1942

  • Koi-Hai website
  • Trek Out of Burma Google Group
  • This India List post and this British Rajpost are about a young boy, whose family perished in the Trek Out of Burma, who was given into the care of some Gurkhas and raised as a Gurkha.
  • This India List post is about books about the Trek Out of Burma

Railways

Records

British Library

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Burma are included in the Bengal returns (N/1) up to 1936. Records for 1937 to 1959 are in a separate series N/10 with a single index for Burma BMBs.

LDS (Mormon)

The LDS film catalogue has the following entries:

FIBIS resources

External links

Library.gif The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
Burma

Online Books

Other