First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the First Burma War in English language accounts and First English Invasion War in Burmese language accounts, was the first of three wars fought between the
The British launched an amphibious assault on Rangoon on 11 May 1824.
Embassy of Michael Symes to King Bodawpaya at Amarapura in 1795
A British depiction of Bagyidaw purportedly ordering his troops to wrest Bengal from the East India Company
Second Anglo-Burmese War
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The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese Empire and British Empire during the 19th century. The war resulted in a British victor
First Anglo-Burmese War
…status as an independent nation. They would be economically burdened for years to come by the cost of the indemnity. The British, eventually waging the Second and Third Anglo-Burmese Wars against a much-weakened Burma, would assume control of the entire country by 1885. By 1822, Burmese expansion into Manipur…
Royal Burmese Troops
Maung Gyi, Lord of Dabayin