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Timeline of Modern Burma
Created by
Paige Williams
Description
An incomplete timeline of anti-Rohingya oppression in Burma
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Rohingya: Exodi & Repatriations
Events
First British-Burmese War
Aung San founds Communist Party of Burma
Thakin Nationalist Movement emerges
EU, US sanctions imposed
Suu Kyi awarded Nobel Peace Prize
MNHRC maid abuse scandal
Myanmar National Human Rights Commission created
Rohingya people officially stateless
Rohingyans ask that Arakan become part of E. Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during Partition of India
Periods
Unstable new gov't led by U Nu marked by insurgencies
Muslim Indians in Chittagong migrate/return to find agricultral work in Arakan/Rakhine (read description)
Japanese Occupation
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest ~15 years
Grouping
British occupation
Events
Second British-Burmese War
British conquer northern Burma
Independence from British
Authoritarian dictatorship under Gen. Ne Win
Events
Military coup establishes new gov't
Nagamin Operation (Dragon King) begins
1982 Citizenship Act Enacted
8888 Uprising
Forced repatriation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
SLORC and the Burmese Path to Socialism
Events
SLORC ignores NLD election sweep and retains power
Increased army presence in North Arakan leads to flight of 270,000+ Rohingya by spring 1992
HRW/Asia records Burmese in Thailand: 95k refugees and 200k illegal migrants
Saffron Revolution
Cyclone Nargis leaves 130k dead or homeless
Constitutional Referendum passed; high fraud rates
Government changes names to State Law & Order Restoration Council; changes English transliteration to Myanmar
Post-SLORC era
Events
Thein Sein wins first election since 1990; begins economic & social reforms
NLD wins midterm elections
NLD wins presidency; selects Htin Kyaw (Suu Kyi barred from position)
present day
Current ARSA conflict & increased Rohingya oppression
Events
Ata Ullah arrives in Rakhine
1st ARSA (then Harakah al-Yaqin) attack
Tatmadaw (gov't police) kill 69 insurgents in Rakhine
TMD raid ARSA insurgent camps
ARSA attack TMD, who kill 77 fighters
ARSA proposed ceasefire rejected by government
ARSA accused of killing 28 Hindus
The Economist reports 400k Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh
Anti-Muslim/Rohingya riot kills almost 100, burns mosque
