Anglo-Burmese Wars

Anglo-Burmese Wars
Part of European colonisation of Southeast Asia
Photograph of surrender of the Burmese Army, 3rd Anglo-Burmese War
Date 5 March 1824 – 29 November 1885 Location Burma, East Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Cachar and Jaintia Result British victory End of Konbaung dynasty in Myanmar Formation of British Burma Beginning of Burmese resistance Territorial changes British occupy what would become British Burma
Belligerents
British Empire  East India Company (until 1858)  India (from 1858) Co-belligerent:  Siam (until 1826)	Burma Burmese Shan States
Commanders and leaders
Henry Godwin Garnet Wolseley Harry Prendergast Lord Amherst Sir Edward Paget Sir Archibald Campbell Joseph Wanton Morrison # Co-belligerent: Rama III Chaophraya Mahayotha Phraya Surasena Phraya Chumphon	Bagyidaw Thibaw Min Pagan Min Maung Gyi Kyauk Lon Maha Bandula † Maha Ne Myo † Minkyaw Zeya Thura
Units involved
Presidency armies Royal Regiments Co-belligerent: Royal Siamese Army	Royal Burmese armed forces Shan Levies
Strength
Over 50,000 (include Siamese)	Over 40,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown but some died by disease	Unknown

History of Myanmar
Prehistory of Myanmar 11,000–200 BCE Pyu city-states 200 BCE – 1050 CE (Sri Ksetra Kingdom, Tagaung Kingdom) Mon kingdoms 825?–1057? CE (Thaton Kingdom) Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406
Pagan Kingdom 849–1297 Early Pagan Kingdom 849–1044 Warring states period Upper Myanmar 1297–1555 Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1365 Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1365 Kingdom of Ava 1365–1555 Prome Kingdom 1482–1542 Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552 Shan States 1215–1563 Kingdom of Mrauk U 1429–1785 Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752 First Toungoo Empire 1510–1599 Nyaungyan Restoration 1599–1752 Restored Hanthawaddy 1740–1757 Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885
British colonial period 1824–1948 Anglo-Burmese Wars 1824–1885 Resistance movement 1885–1895 Nationalist movement 1900–1948 Japanese occupation 1942–1945
Modern era 1948–present AFPFL government 1948–1962 Ne Win dictatorship 1962–1988 SLORC / SPDC junta 1988–2010 Political reforms 2011–2015 SAC junta 2021–present
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The Anglo-Burmese Wars were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty, that became British India‘s most expensive and longest war, costing 5–13 million pounds sterling (£400 million – £1.1 billion as of 2019) and spanning over 60 years. There were three Burmese Wars or Anglo-Burmese Wars:

• First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 to 1826)^[1]
• Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852 to 1853)
• Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)