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HISTORY. A treaty establishing Burma’s independence from the UK was signed in London on 17 Oct. 1947. For the history of Burma’s connexion with Great Britain see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1950, p. 836. The Union of Burma came formally into existence on 4 Jan. 1948 and became the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974. On 18 Sept. 1988, the Armed Forces, under Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Saw Maung, seized power and set up a State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), with Gen. Saw Maung
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Hunter, B. (1995). Burma. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_32
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