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There were three wars fought between the British and Myanmar.

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  • Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country. In 1599 the Portuguese defeated the king of one of the kingdoms in Myanmar.
  • However, in 1611 various dynasties ruling in Myanmar got together, defeated the Portuguese, and amalgamated their kingdoms.
  • United Myanmar adopted an expansionist policy and conquered Manipur and Assam.
  • It means that the British Indian territory was under threat of being invaded, a situation that caused three wars between the British and Myanmar is known as the Anglo-Burmese war.
  • The first war in 1826 was won by the British and they took over Assam and Manipur and Arakan.
  • British also defeated Myanmar in the second war. At about the same time the French had taken over the regions of ‘Upper Burma’.
  • In the third war, the British won this region too, thereby ruling over the entire Myanmar.
  • In this way during three AngloBurmese wars British annexed the entire Myanmar.


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