Some still recalled the day in 1885 when Burma’s last king, brash Thibaw, sailed into exile and the British took over. Now, British rule was at an end. Atop gloomy Government House, where the ...

In the 1400s, when Mrauk-U was invaded by forces of the Burman kingdom at Ava, King Narmeikhla sought help ... The British colonized Burma in a series of three wars beginning in 1824.