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Name: Third Anglo-Burmese War

Type: Event

Start: 1885 AD

End: 1886 AD

Parent: Anglo-Burmese Wars

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Was the last of a series of wars between the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Burma was annexed to British India.

Chronology

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  • January 1886: The Shan States and Karenni States became princely states of the British Empire after the defeat of Burma in the Anglo-Burmese Wars.
  • November 1885: British General Harry Prendergast was ordered to conquer Upper Burma with 11,000 men, light boats and elephants. Also due to disagreements within the Burmese troops, Prendergast's troops reached the capital Mandalay on November 26 with little resistance and forced the king to abdicate.

    • 1. British annexion of Burma

    Annexion of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma by British India after the Third Anglo-Burmese War.

  • November 1885: The British, led by General Sir Harry Prendergast, annexed the remaining territories of the Konbaung dynasty in Burma during the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885. This was in response to the growing influence of French Indochina in the region.

    • Selected Sources

  • Yawnghwe, C.T. (2010): The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 68-76

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