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The Building that Dominated Inland Water Trade in British Burma

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Places in History

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company dominated river trade during the colonial period from its headquarters on Strand Road, which is the Myanma Port Authority building today.

When Gen. Ne Win Seized Domestic and International Banks in Myanmar

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On This Day

By Wei Yan Aung

On this day in 1963, the military regime nationalized 31 domestic and international banks, including HSBC and Chartered.

The Free British Colonial Library in Myanmar that Welcomed Everyone

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Places in History

By Wei Yan Aung

It is 137 years since the Bernard Free Library was established by British colonialists, becoming today’s National Library of Myanmar.

19 February 2020 The Day a Pioneering Myanmar Education Reformer Was Killed

18 February 2020 The Day Myanmar Lost an Influential Cartoonist

16 February 2020 The Day Myanmar Honored an UK MP for His Panglong Efforts

14 February 2020 The Day When Ho Chi Minh Visited Myanmar

13 February 2020 The House That Shaped Myanmar's History

12 February 2020 Myanmar’s Panglong Monument Embodies a Promise of Democracy, Autonomy and Equality

10 February 2020 British Troops' Bloodiest Crackdown on Anti-Colonial Protestors in Myanmar

7 February 2020 Japan’s Propaganda Press in Occupied Myanmar

6 February 2020 The Day Dag Hammarskjöld Visited Myanmar

30 January 2020 The Day Author and Traveler Somerset Maugham Revisited Myanmar

28 January 2020 112 Years On, Yangon’s General Post Office Still Links Myanmar With Wider World

27 January 2020 After Four Years in a British Prison in Uganda, Myanmar’s ex-Premier Came Home

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