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[[Burma]] was a province of the Bengal Presidency until 1937.<br>
 
[[Burma]] was a province of the Bengal Presidency until 1937.<br>
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The administrative districts were: (currently incomplete)
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The administrative districts were:  
  
 
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| [[Henzada]]
 
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| Minbu
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| Thayetmyo
 
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| Minbu
 
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| [[Minbu]]
 
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| Magwe
 
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| [[Magwe]]
 
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| Pakokku
 
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| Tenasserim
 
| Tenasserim
 
Lower Burma
 
Lower Burma
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| Mergui
 
| Mergui
 
| [[Mergui]]
 
| [[Mergui]]
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|Mandalay
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Upper Burma
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|Mandalay
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|[[Mandalay]]
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|Bhamo
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|[[Bhamo]]
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|Myitkyina
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|Myitkyina
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|Katha
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|[[Katha]]
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|Ruby Mines
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|Mogok
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|Meiktila
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Upper Burma
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|Kyaukse
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|Kyaukse
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|Meiktila
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|[[Meiktila]]
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|Yamethin
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|[[Yamethin]]
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|Myingyan
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|Myingyan
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| Minbu
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Upper Burma
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| Thayetmyo
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| [[Thayetmyo]]
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| Minbu
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| [[Minbu]]
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| Magwe
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| [[Magwe]]
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| Pakokku
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| [[Pakokku]]
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|Sagaing
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Upper Burma
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|Sagaing
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|Sagaing
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|Lower Chindwin
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|Monywa
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|Upper Chindwin
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|Kindat
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In addition there were areas such as the Northern Shan States, Southern Shan States, Chin Hills, and Pakokku Chin Hills.
  
 
==Also see==
 
==Also see==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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===Historical books online===
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_112.gif Burma] Imperial Gazetteer
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_112.gif Burma] Imperial Gazetteer
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*[https://archive.org/details/hilltractsofarak00hughrich/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Hill Tracts of Arakan''] by Major  W. Gwynne Hughes 1881 Archive.org.
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*The ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series Burma'' 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146790 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120373  Volume II] Archive.org,  mirror from Digital Library of India.
 
[[Category:Districts| Burma Districts]] [[Category:Burma]]
 
[[Category:Districts| Burma Districts]] [[Category:Burma]]

Revision as of 06:09, 27 October 2020


Burma was a province of the Bengal Presidency until 1937.
The administrative districts were:

Division District Name District Headquarters
Pegu

Lower Burma

Hanthawaddy Rangoon
Pegu Pegu
Tharrawaddy Tharrawaddy
Prome Prome
Arakan

Lower Burma

Akyab Akyab
Northern Arakan

(or Arakan Hill Tracts)

Paletwa
Kyaukpyu Kyaukpyu
Sandoway Sandoway
Irrawaddy

Lower Burma

Bassein Bassein
Myaungmya Myaungmya
Ma-ubin Ma-ubin
Pyapon Pyapon
Henzada Henzada
Tenasserim

Lower Burma

Toungoo Toungoo
Salween Papun
Thaton Thaton
Amherst Moulmein
Tavoy Tavoy
Mergui Mergui
Mandalay

Upper Burma

Mandalay Mandalay
Bhamo Bhamo
Myitkyina Myitkyina
Katha Katha
Ruby Mines Mogok
Meiktila

Upper Burma

Kyaukse Kyaukse
Meiktila Meiktila
Yamethin Yamethin
Myingyan Myingyan
Minbu

Upper Burma

Thayetmyo Thayetmyo
Minbu Minbu
Magwe Magwe
Pakokku Pakokku
Sagaing

Upper Burma

Sagaing Sagaing
Lower Chindwin Monywa
Upper Chindwin Kindat

In addition there were areas such as the Northern Shan States, Southern Shan States, Chin Hills, and Pakokku Chin Hills.

Also see

External links

Historical books online

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