Myanmar (original) (raw)

Myanmar

Note: Burmese names are often seen prefixed with U (i.e., U Nu, U Ne Win). This simply means Mr. and therefore this prefix is not included in this record.

Kings
27 Aug 1648 - 3 Jun 1661 Pintale Min (b. 1608 - d. 1661)
3 Jun 1661 - 14 Apr 1672 Pye Min (b. 1619 - d. 1672)
14 Apr 1672 - 27 Feb 1673 Narawara (b. 1650 - d. 1673)
27 Feb 1673 - 4 May 1698 Minyekyawdin (Minyekyawhtin) (b. 1651 - d. 1698)
4 May 1698 - 12 Sep 1714 Sanay Min (b. 1673 - d. 1714)
12 Sep 1714 - 12 Dec 1733 Taninganway Min (b. 1689 - d. 1733)
12 Dec 1733 - 23 Mar 1752 Maha Dhammaraza Dipati (b. 1714 - d. 1754)
29 Feb 1752 - 11 May 1760 Alaungphaya (b. 1714 - d. 1760)
(in opposition to 3 Jan 1754)
11 May 1760 - 28 Nov 1763 Naungdawkyi (b. 1734 - d. 1763)
29 Nov 1763 - 10 Jun 1776 Hsinbyushin (b. 1736 - d. 1776)
10 Jun 1776 - 5 Feb 1782 Singu Min (b. 1756 - d. 1782)
6 Feb 1782 - 11 Feb 1782 Maung Maung (b. 1763 - d. 1782)
11 Feb 1782 - 5 Jun 1819 Bodawphaya (b. 1745 - d. 1819)
5 Jun 1819 - 15 Apr 1837 Bagyidaw (b. 1784 - d. 1846)
15 Apr 1837 - 17 Nov 1846 Tharawadi Min (b. 1787 - d. 1846)
17 Nov 1846 - 18 Feb 1853 Pagan Min (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
18 Feb 1853 - 1 Oct 1878 Mindon Min (b. 1814 - d. 1878)
1 Oct 1878 - 29 Nov 1885 Thibaw Min (b. 1859 - d. 1916)
Chairman of the Hlutdaw (National Council)
29 Nov 1885 - 1 Jan 1886 Edward Bosc Sladen (b. 1827 - d. 1890)
Chief Commissioners (of British [Lower] Burma to 26 Feb 1886)
31 Jan 1862 - 16 Feb 1867 Arthur Purves Phayre (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
16 Feb 1867 - 7 Apr 1870 Albert Fytche (1st time) (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
7 Apr 1870 � 26 Jun 1870 Richard Drapes Ardagh(acting) (b. 1823 - d. 1899)
26 Jun 1870 - 18 Apr 1871 Albert Fytche (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Apr 1871 - 14 Apr 1875 Ashley Eden (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
14 Apr 1875 - 30 Mar 1878 Augustus Rivers Thompson (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
(acting to 30 Apr 1877)
30 Mar 1878 - 2 Jul 1880 Charles Umpherton Aitchinson (b. 1832 - d. 1896)
2 Jul 1880 - 12 Mar 1887 Charles Edward Bernard (b. 1837 - d. 1901)
(from 29 May 1886, Sir Charles Edward Bernard)
(acting to 4 Apr 1882)
2 Mar 1883 - 28 Feb 1884 Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
(1st time)(acting for Bernard)
12 Mar 1887 - 10 Dec 1890 Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite (s.a.)
Crosthwaite (2nd time)
(from 30 May 1888, Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite)
8 Sep 1889 - 8 Dec 1889 Antony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
(acting for Crosthwaite)
10 Dec 1890 - 2 May 1892 Alexander Mackenzie (1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1910)
(from 1 Jan 1891, Sir Alexander Mackenzie)
2 May 1892 - 23 May 1892 Donald Mackenzie Smeaton (1st time)(b. 1848 - d. 1910)
(acting)
23 May 1892 � 3 May 1894 Frederick William Richards Fryer (b. 1845 - d. 1922)
(1st time)(acting)
3 May 1894 � 3 Apr 1895 Sir Alexander Mackenzie (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Apr 1895 � 25 Apr 1896 Sir Frederick William Richards (s.a.)
Fryer (2nd time)
25 Apr 1896 � 9 Aug 1896 Donald Mackenzie Smeaton (2nd time)(s.a.)
(acting)
9 Aug 1896 - 1 May 1897 Sir Frederick William Richards (s.a.)
Fryer (3rd time)
Lieutenant governors
1 May 1897 - 4 Apr 1903 Sir Frederick William Richards (s.a.)
Fryer
4 Apr 1903 - 9 May 1905 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
9 May 1905 - 19 May 1910 Sir Herbert Thirkell White (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
19 May 1910 - 15 May 1913 Sir Harvey Adamson (1st time) (b. 1854 - d. 1941)
15 May 1913 - 1 Nov 1913 Sir George Watson Shaw (acting) (b. 1858 - d. 1931)
1 Nov 1913 - 28 Oct 1915 Sir Harvey Adamson (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Oct 1915 - 22 Sep 1917 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (b. 1869 - d. 1938)
(1st time)
22 Sep 1917 - 15 Feb 1918 Walter Francis Rice (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1941)
15 Feb 1918 - 21 Dec 1922 Sir Reginald Henry Craddock (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
21 Dec 1922 - 2 Jan 1923 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Governors
2 Jan 1923 - 20 Dec 1927 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (s.a.)
20 Dec 1927 - 20 Dec 1932 Sir Charles Alexander Innes (b. 1874 - d. 1959)
11 Aug 1930 - Feb 1931 Sir Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
(acting for Innes)
22 Dec 1930 - 2 Aug 1931 Saya San (Ya Gyaw) (b. 1876 - d. 1931)
(self-declared 'king'; in rebellion)
20 Dec 1932 - 8 May 1936 Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
8 May 1936 - 6 May 1941 Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane (b. 1885 - d. 1958)
6 May 1941 - 31 Aug 1946 Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith (b. 1899 - d. 1977)
(in Simla, India exile 15May 1942 - 16 Oct 1945)
Japanese Military Commanders (of 15th Army; from 18 Mar 1943, Burma Area Army)
20 Apr 1942 - 18 Mar 1943 Shōjirō Iida (b. 1888 - d. 1980) Mil
18 Mar 1943 - 30 Aug 1944 Masakazu Kawabe (b. 1886 - d. 1965) Mil
30 Aug 1944 - 15 Aug 1945 Heitarō Kimura (b. 1888 - d. 1948) Mil
Head of the Burmese Administration
1 Aug 1942 - 1 Aug 1943 Ba Maw (b. 1893 - d. 1977) FB
Supreme Chief of State (title Naingngandaw Adipadi)
1 Aug 1943 - 3 May 1945 Ba Maw (s.a.) FB:1944 MB
Director of the British Military Administration
1 Jan 1944 - 16 Oct 1945 Lord Louis Francis Mountbatten (b. 1900 - d. 1979) Mil
Chief Civil Affairs Officers, Civil Affairs Service (Burma)
1 Jan 1944 - 10 May 1945 Charles Frederick Byrde Pearce (b. 1892 - d. 1946) Mil
10 May 1945 - 1 Feb 1946 Hubert Elvin Rance (b. 1898 - d. 1974) Mil
Governor
31 Aug 1946 - 4 Jan 1948 Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (s.a.)
State Presidents (and from 2 Mar 1974, Presidents of the Council of State)
4 Jan 1948 - 12 Mar 1952 Saw Shwe Thaik (provisional) (b. 1896 - d. 1962) AFPFL
13 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1957 Ba U (b. 1887 - d. 1963) AFPFL
13 Mar 1957 - 2 Mar 1962 Win Maung (b. 1916 - d. 1989) AFPFL
2 Mar 1962 - 9 Nov 1981 Ne Win (Shu Maung) (b. 1911 - d. 2002) Mil;
(chairman of Revolutionary Council to 2 Mar 1974) 1972 PSPB
9 Nov 1981 - 27 Jul 1988 San Yu (b. 1918 - d. 1996) PSPB
27 Jul 1988 - 12 Aug 1988 Sein Lwin (b. 1924 - d. 2004) PSBP
12 Aug 1988 - 19 Aug 1988 Aye Ko (acting) (b. 1921 - d. 2006) PSBP
19 Aug 1988 - 18 Sep 1988 Maung Maung (b. 1925 - d. 1994) PSBP
Chairmen of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
18 Sep 1988 - 23 Apr 1992 Saw Maung (b. 1928 - d. 1997) Mil
23 Apr 1992 - 15 Nov 1997 Than Shwe (b. 1933) Mil
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
15 Nov 1997 - 30 Mar 2011 Than Shwe (s.a.) Mil;2010 USDP
State Presidents
30 Mar 2011 - 30 Mar 2016 Thein Sein (b. 1945) USDP
30 Mar 2016 - 21 Mar 2018 Htin Kyaw (b. 1946) NLD
21 Mar 2018 - 30 Mar 2018 Myint Swe (1st time)(provisional) (b. 1951) USDP
30 Mar 2018 - 1 Feb 2021 Win Myint (b. 1951) NLD
1 Feb 2021 - Myint Swe (2nd time)(provisional) (s.a.) USDP
22 Jul 2024 - Min Aung Hlaing (b. 1956) Mil
(acting for Myint Swe)
Chairman of the State Administrative Council
2 Feb 2021 - Min Aung Hlaing (s.a.) Mil

Leading ministers (informal; governors were presidents of the Executive Council ex-officio)
Jan 1923 - 1924 Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi (s.a.) PrP
1924 - 1929 Ba Yin
1929 - 1932 Ba Tin
Dec 1932 - 1934 Kyaw Din
Apr 1934 - 1937 Ba Pe (b. 1883 - d. 19..) PP
Deputy Chairmen of the Executive Council
1 Apr 1937 - 20 Feb 1939 Ba Maw (1st time) (s.a.) PMP
20 Feb 1939 - 9 Sep 1940 Maung Pu (b. 1881 - d. 1942) UP
9 Sep 1940 - 19 Jan 1942 Saw (b. 1900 - d. 1948) PP
19 Jan 1942 - 8 Mar 1942 Sir Paw Tun (1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1953) PP
(in Simla, India exile 15 May 1942 - 16 Oct 1945)
Mar 1942 - May 1942 Tun Oke (b. 1907 - d. 1970) FB
(chief administrator of the Central Government)
3 Jun 1942 - 3 May 1945 Ba Maw (2nd time) (s.a.) FB:1944 MB
3 May 1945 - 3 Nov 1945 Vacant
3 Nov 1945 - 28 Sep 1946 Sir Paw Tun (2nd time) (s.a.) Non-party
28 Sep 1946 - 19 Jul 1947 Aung San (b. 1915 - d. 1947) AFPFL
24 Jul 1947 - 4 Jan 1948 Nu (b. 1907 - d. 1995) AFPFL
Prime ministers
4 Jan 1948 - 12 Jun 1956 Nu (1st time) (s.a.) AFPFL
12 Jun 1956 - 1 Mar 1957 Ba Swe (b. 1915 - d. 1987) AFPFL
1 Mar 1957 - 29 Oct 1958 Nu (2nd time) (s.a.) AFPFL
29 Oct 1958 - 4 Apr 1960 Ne Win (1st time) (s.a.) Mil
4 Apr 1960 - 2 Mar 1962 Nu (3rd time) (s.a.) UnP
2 Mar 1962 - 4 Mar 1974 Ne Win (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil/PSBP
4 Mar 1974 - 29 Mar 1977 Sein Win (b. 1919 - d. 1993) Mil/PSPB
29 Mar 1977 - 26 Jul 1988 Maung Maung Kha (b. 1920 - d. 1995) Mil/PSPB
26 Jul 1988 - 18 Sep 1988 Tun Tin (b. 1920 - d. 2020) Mil/PSBP
21 Sep 1988 - 23 Apr 1992 Saw Maung (s.a.) Mil
24 Apr 1992 - 25 Aug 2003 Than Shwe (s.a.) Mil
25 Aug 2003 - 19 Oct 2004 Khin Nyunt (b. 1939) Mil
19 Oct 2004 - 12 Oct 2007 Soe Win (b. 1949 - d. 2007) Mil
18 May 2007 - 30 Mar 2011 Thein Sein (s.a.) Mil;2010 USDP
(acting [for Soe Win to 12 Oct 2007] to 24 Oct 2007)
1 Apr 2011 - 1 Aug 2021 Post abolished State Counselor
6 Apr 2016 - 1 Feb 2021 Aung San Suu Kyi (f) (b. 1945) NLD
Prime Minister
1 Aug 2021 - Min Aung Hlaing (s.a.) Mil

British India Residents
(in Ava; Oct 1838-Jul 1839 Amarapura; 12 Jun 1837-Oct 1838 and 22 Jul 1839 Rangoon)
6 Nov 1833 - Oct 1837 Henry Burney (b. 1792 - d. 1845)Oct 1837 - 13 Jul 1838 George Thomas Bayfield (acting) (b. 1806 - d. 1840)
13 Jul 1838 - Mar 1839 Richard Benson (b. 1785 - d. 1858)
Mar 1839 - 7 Jan 1840 William Couperus McLeod (Macleod) (b. 1805 - d. 1880)
(acting)Jan 1840 - 1862 Vacant
British Residents (at Mandalay)
1862 - 1864 Clement Williams (b. 1833 - d. 1879)
1864 - 1869 Edward Bosc Sladen (s.a.)
1869 - 1872 Alexander Ruxton McMahon (b. 1830 - d. 1899)
1872 - 1875 George Augustus Strover (b. 1839 - d. 1904)
1875 - 1878 Harvey Tuckett Duncan (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
1878 - 15 Jun 1879 Robert Barkley Shaw (b. 1839 - d. 1879)15 Jun 1879 - 29 Aug 1879 Horace Albert Browne (acting) (b. 1831 - d. 1914)
29 Aug 1879 - 6 Oct 1879 Henry Lewis (Browne) St. Barbe (b. 1849? - d. 1886)
(charge d'affaires) 6 Oct 1879 - 1 Jan 1886 Vacant British Assistant Political Agents (in Bhamo)1869 - 1872 George Augustus Strover (s.a.)
1872 - 1873 Horace Ralph Spearman (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
1873 - May 1877 Crawford Boyd Cooke (b. 1855 - d. 1925)
(acting to Feb 1874)
1877 - 1878 Thomas Thornville Cooper (b. 1839 - d. 1878)
1878 - 1879Henry Lewis (Browne) St. Barbe (s.a.)
Japanese Superintendents, Military Administration Department (from Mar 1943, Burmese Army Administration Department)(all Commanders, Japanese 15th Army)
15 Mar 1942 - 24 Jul 1942 Yoshio Nasu (b. 1897 - d. 1993)
25 Jul 1942 - 30 Nov 1942 Haruki Isayama (b. 1894 - d. 1990)
1 Dec 1942 - 1 Aug 1943 Eitarō Naka (b. 1893 - d. 1969)
Special Advisor on Economics and Finance (Japanese Proconsul)
Dec 1943 - 1 Apr 1945 Gōtarō Ogawa (b. 1876 - d. 1945)

National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

5 Feb 2021 Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), representing a
group of NLD lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 1
Feb 2021 Myanmar coup, is formed.
9 Mar 2021 CRPH names Mahn Win Khaing Than acting Vice President of Myanmar.
16 Apr 2021 National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar (NUG) government in exile is formed by the CRPH.

Acting Vice President and Acting President in the Acting Cabinet of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 9 Mar 2021 - 16 Apr 2021 Mahn Win Khaing Than (b. 1952) NLD
President of the National Unity Government 16 Apr 2021 - Duwa Lashi La (acting) (b. 1950) KNCC+NUCC

Prime minister of the National Unity Government
16 Apr 2021 - Mahn Win Khaing Than (s.a.) NLD+NUCC

National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma in exile (1990-2012)

18 Dec 1990 National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
established at Manerplaw by NLD and other opposition parties.
27 Jan 1995 Manerplaw captured by government forces, NCGUB moves to Sweden.
16 Jul 1995 Reorganized as the democratic government of Burma.
Dec 1997 Proposed First Draft Constitution published.
14 Sep 2012 Dissolved to aid the reform process in Myanmar.

Chairman of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (Prime minister)
18 Dec 1990 - 14 Sep 2012 Sein Win (b. 1944) PND
(in Manerplaw to 27 Jan 1995; then in
Sweden, and finally Maryland, U.S. exile)

�Not strictly a name change, just a new version to be used internationally of the same Burmese name (Pyidaunzu Myăma Nainngandaw) that before 1989 was translated as Union of Burma.

Territorial Disputes: Over half of Burma's population consists of diverse ethnic groups who have substantial numbers of kin in neighboring countries; Bangladesh struggles to accommodate 912,000 Rohingya, Burmese Muslim minority from Rakhine State, living as refugees in Cox's Bazar; Burmese border authorities are constructing a 200 km (124 mi) wire fence designed to deter illegal cross-border transit and tensions from the military build-up along border with Bangladesh in 2010; Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Burmese forces attempting to dig in to the largely autonomous Shan State to rout local militias tied to the drug trade, prompts local residents to periodically flee into neighboring Yunnan Province in China; fencing along the India-Burma international border at Manipur's Moreh town is in progress to check illegal drug trafficking and movement of militants; over 100,000 mostly Karen refugees and asylum seekers fleeing civil strife, political upheaval, and economic stagnation in Burma were living in remote camps in Thailand near the border as of May 2017.

Party abbreviations: KNCC= Kachin National Consultative Council; NUCC = National Unity Consultative Council (anti-Military coup alliance of 28 ethnic armed organizations and the Bamar majority including the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, est.8 Mar 2021);USDP = Union Solidarity and Development Party (military-backed state party 2011-2016, est.Jun 2010);Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AFPFL = Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (leftist, nationalist, pro-independence, 1944-1962); FB = Burma Freedom Bloc (Bama Htwet Yat Gaing, later renamedDobama-Sinyetha Asiayone [We Burma-Poor Man's Association],Oct 1939-1944, renamed MB); MB = Maha Bama (Greater Burma, Burmese nationalist, 1944-1946); NLD = National League for Democracy (democratic-socialist, center-left, originally won 27 May 1990 election, banned 6 May 2010 - 13 Dec 2011 and from 28 Mar 2023, est.27 Sep 1988); PMP = Poor Man's Party ("Hsinyeitha," 1935-Oct 1939, merged with Dobama Asiayon and All Burma Students Union into FB); PP = Patriot's Party ("Myochit," 1938-1947); PP = People's Party (Burma nationalist, merger of Nationalist Party, Home Rule Party and Swaraj Party, 1926-c.1932); PND = Party of National Democracy (sister party of NLD, 1988-20 Dec 1990, banned); PrP = Progressive Party (1922-1925); PSPB = Party of the Socialist Program of Burma ("Lanzin", socialist, 1962-88, only legal party 23 Mar 1964 - 18 Sep 1988); UnP = Union Party ("Pyidaungsu," split form AFPFL, 1960-1962);UP = United Party (pro-constitution, 1936-1942)

Taungu

1298 Kingdom of Pinya
1364 Incorporated into Awa (Burma).
19 Dec 1599 Kingdom of Taungu (Toungoo).
15 Apr 1752 Re-incorporated into Awa.

Kings
4 May 1698 - 12 Sep 1714 Sanay (b. 1673 - d. 1714)
(Thiri Maha Thihathura Thudhammayaza)
12 Sep 1714 - 23 Nov 1733 Taninganway (b. 1689 - d. 1733)
(Thiri Pawara Mahadhammaraja Dibati Hsengphyusheng)
23 Nov 1733 - 15 Apr 1752 Mahadammayaza Dipati (b. 1714 - d. 1754)
(Mahadhammaraja Dibati)

British (Lower) Burma

11 May 1824 British occupy Rangoon (from Nov 1824 Pegu occupied).
1824 - 1826 Tenasserim under the supervision of Penang.
24 Feb 1826 British annex Arakan, Tenasserim, and the coast to
British India. Pegu is restored to Burma.
20 Dec 1852 British annex Pegu.
31 Jan 1862 Arakan, Pegu and Tenasserim are united a separate British
(Lower) Burma province (within British India).
26 Feb 1886 Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma province (within
British India).
1 Apr 1937 Burma a separate British colony.
4 Jan 1948 Part of independent Burma.

Tenasserim

Military commander
11 May 1824 - 1826 Sir Archibald Campbell (b. 1769 - d. 1843)
Commissioners **in the Tenasserim Provinces
1826 - 1828 Sir Archibald Campbell (s.a.)
1828 - Jul 1833 Anthony de la Combe Maingy (b. 1795 - d. 1865)
1833 - 1843 Edmund Augustus Blundell (b. 1804 - d. 1868)
Apr 1843 - 1844 George Broadfoot (b. 1807 - d. 1845)
Sep 1844 - 1846 Henry Marion Durand (b. 1812 - d. 1871)
1846 - 1849 John Russell Colvin (b. 1807 - d. 1857)
1849 - 1857 Archibald Bogle (b. 1805 - d. 1870)
(from 9 Dec 1853, Sir Archibald Bogle)
Apr 1857 - 1862 Albert Fytche (b. 1820 - d. 1891)1858 - 1860 Henry Hopkinson (acting for Fytche)(b. 1820 - d. 1899)
Commissioners **of Tenasserim Province 1862 - Mar 1867 Albert Fytche (s.a.)1867 - 1872 David Brown (b. 1823 - d. 1911)
1872 - 1876 Edward Bosc Sladen (b. 1827 - d. 1890)
1876 - 1878 Richard Drapes Ardagh (b. 1823 - d. 1899)
1879 - Oct 1883 Alexander Gordon Duff (b. 1828 - d. 1904)
Oct 1883 - 1886 William Charles Plant (b. 1836 - d. 1898)

Pegu

to 1757

825 (Mon) Kingdom of Talaing (Pegu) comprises part of
present-day southeastern Burma and west-central Thailand.
1044 - 1287 Under rule of Kingdom of Pagan.
1539 - 1580 Burmese occupation.
Jan 1551 Burmese occupation; part of Kingdom of Awa.
1740 Kingdom of Pegu briefly recovers independence during
the collapse of Awa.
2 May 1757 Re-incorporation into Awa.
Nov 1824 - 24 Feb 1826 British occupy Pegu.
20 Dec 1852 Annexed to British India as part (division) of Bengal.
31 Jan 1862 Along with Arakan and Tenasserim part of British
(Lower) Burma province (within British India).
26 Feb 1886 Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma province (within
British India).
1 Apr 1937 Part of separate colony ofBurma.

Kings
1740 - 1747 Smim Htaw Buddhaketi
1747 - 2 May 1757 Binnya Dala (d. 1774)
Commissioners of Pegu
1824 - 1826 Thomas Campbell Robertson (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
20 Dec 1852 - 31 Jan 1862 Arthur Purves Phayre (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
1862 - Apr 1863 Thomas Phillips Sparks (b. 1819 - d. 1863)
23 Apr 1863 - 1865 Samuel Richard Tickell (b. 1811 - d. 1875)
1865 - 1878 Richard Drapes Ardagh (b. 1823 - d. 1899)
1878 - 1880 Horace Albert Browne (b. 1831 - d. 1914)
1881 George James Spence Hodgkinson (b. 1845 - d. 1891)
(acting)
1881 - 1886 Charles Walker Street (b. 1835 - d. 1890)

Arakan

to 31 Dec 1784

3325 BC Kingdom of Arakan founded according to legend.
c.825 AD First recorded dynasty.
31 Dec 1784 Conquered by Awa (Burma).
24 Feb 1826 Arakan (then spelled Arracan) annexed by Britain, part (division)
of Bengal (which is part of British India).
31 Jan 1862 Along with Tenasserim and Pegu part of British (Lower)
Burma province (within British India).
26 Feb 1886 Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma province (within
British India).
1 Apr 1937 Part of separate colony of Burma.

Kings
1698 - 1700 Naradipati I
1700 - 1706 Sandawimala I (d. 1734)
1706 - 1710 Sandathuriya I
1710 - 1731 Sandawizaya (d. 1731)
1731 - 1734 Sandathuriya II
1734 - 1735 Naradipati II
1735 - 1736 Narapawara
1737 Sandawizaya II (Sandawizala)
1737 Katya
1737 - 1742 Madarit
1742 - 1761 Nara Apaya
1761 Thirithu
1761 - 1764 Sandaparama
1764 - 1773 Apaya
1773 - 1777 Sandathumana
1777 Sandawimala II
1777 - 1782 Sandathaditha
1782 - 31 Dec 1784 Thamada
31 Dec 1784 - 24 Feb 1826 annexed by Awa
British Agent to the Governor General in A rakan (Arracan)
(from 25 A ug 1825, and Commissioner of Arakan)
25 Apr 1825 - 1826 Thomas Campbell Robertson (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
Bengal Government Senior Commissioners in Arakan (Arracan)
9 Jun 1826 - 1829 Richard Hunter
1829 Charles Paton (b. 1791 - d. 1830)
**Bengal Government Superintendents of Arakan (Arracan)
(subordinated to the commissioner of Chittagong)
1829 - 1830 Charles Paton (s.a.)
21 Dec 1830 - 1834 Thomas Dickinson (b. 1789 - d. 1859)
Commissioners of Arakan
1834 - 1837 Thomas Dickinson (s.a.)
1837 - 1849 Archibald Bogle (b. 1805 - d. 1870)
Mar 1849 - 1852 Arthur Purves Phayre (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
1852 - 1858 Henry Hopkinson (b. 1820 - d. 1899)
6 Dec 1858 - 9 Apr 1867 George Verner (b. 1810 - d. 1885)
10 Apr 1867 - 23 Apr 1867 Edward Moody Ryan (1st time) (b. 1824 - d. 1879)
(acting)
24 Apr 1867 - 24 Oct 1872 James Francis John Stevenson (b. 1822 - d. 1873)
(1st time)
25 Oct 1872 - 23 Jan 1873 Horatio Nelson Davies (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1888)
(acting)
23 Jan 1873 - Dec 1873 James Francis John Stevenson (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Dec 1873 - 7 Feb 1876 Edward Moody Ryan (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Feb 1876 - 29 Feb 1876 Horatio Nelson Davies (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1 Mar 1876 - 13 Sep 1878 Edward Bosc Sladen (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1890)
14 Sep 1878 - 10 Dec 1878 William Charles Plant (1st time) (b. 1836 - d. 1898)
(acting)
11 Dec 1878 - 6 Jun 1880 George James Spence Hodgkinson (b. 1845 - d. 1891)
(1st time)
7 Jun 1880 - 22 Jun 1880 William Charles Plant (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
23 Jun 1880 - 31 Aug 1880 William de Courcy Ireland (acting) (b. 1835 - d. 1902)
1 Sep 1880 - 26 Oct 1880 George James Spence Hodgkinson (s.a.)
(2nd time)
27 Oct 1880 - 12 Aug 1883 Edward Bosc Sladen (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Aug 1883 - 13 Nov 1883 George Augustus Strover (acting) (b. 1839 - d. 1904)
14 Nov 1883 - 3 Nov 1885 Edward Bosc Sladen (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 1885 - 17 Dec 1885 John Kenneth MacRae (acting) (b. 1831 - d. 1910)
18 Dec 1885 - 26 Jul 1886 George Douglas Burgess (b. 1847 - d. 1898)

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