Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Myanmar

Myanmar · Government / Government of Myanmar. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1947–1948Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1947

U Nu17 October 1947

London · Government / Government of Myanmar

Signs the Treaty establishing Burmese independence

Aung San1947

Government / Government of Myanmar

Visits London & successfully negotiates Burmas independence. Involved in the conference decision to vote for a Burmese Union

1948

U Nu4 January 1948

Government / Government of Myanmar

Chosen as Independence Day by Burmese Astrologers

Names involved

Aung SanU Nu

Provenance

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