Senior General Saw Maung (1928-1997) was the leader of the tatmadaw, the Burmese armed forces, which took power in a military coup on September 18, 1988. The new military regime renamed Burma as Myanm...
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Main events in the political history of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma:_ 1824-1886: Britain and Burma fight three wars, and Britain eventually annexes Burma._ January 1948: Burma wins independenc...
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To much of the world and many of their own citizens, Myanmar's military rulers are tyrants stubbornly standing in the way of democracy by refusing to hand over power to the political party of detai...
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Saw Maung
Key events in Myanmar political history
