on Burma ’s south-eastern border with Bangladesh. Arakan is one of the provinces of Burma and has a population of five million 40 percent of whom are Muslims. Burma was officially renamed as Myanmar on 18 June with its capital at Yangoon. Military rule covers the most of the history of Burmese politics. The Arakan Muslims are unhappy with the prevailing political system in Burma and some of them are harbouring an idea to establishment an independent homeland[1]. The military regime in Burma have
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reading the narration‚ you must picture yourself during that time in Burma. In the hunt for natural resources the British forced themselves upon the people of Burma. This caused great tension and hate against any whites‚ Especially the Burman priests who”...none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans.” Orwell was a sub-divisional police officer in the town of Moulmein in lower Burma. He became a target of harassment and shame from the yellow faced
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ESSAY Word Count 1‚943 words The fall of Singapore occurred on the 15th of February 1942‚ when the Japanese army captured 85‚000 Allied troops‚ including 15‚000 Australians‚ which became a significant moment in Australian history‚ as well as being used to support the characteristics of the ANZAC legend. The fall of Singapore not only impacted the troops in Singapore at the time‚ but also impacted Australia and Britain in World War II by possibly endangering Australia’s safety. Many of the Allied
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Thein Sein PRECEDED BY: Tun Yi Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw For Kawhmu ASSUMED OFFICED: MAY 2‚ 2012 PRECEDED BY: Soe Tint MAJORITY: 46‚730 (71.38%) Personal details BORN: 19 June 1945 (age 68) Rangoon‚ British Burma (now Yangon) POLITICAL PARTY: National League for Democracy SPOUSE(S): Michael Aris (m. 1971; w. 1999) RELATIONS: Aung San (father) Khin Kyi (mother) CHILDREN: Alexander Kim ALMA MATER: University of Delhi St Hugh’s College‚ Oxford
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Situated between Indian and Thailand‚ Burma is a southeast Asian nation Read more: Burma has a population 75 million with the Muslim population being just 0.7 million. The Burmese Muslims have been under this affliction after 1962 when the Army usurped the power in Burma. It all started on 3rd June 2012 when 11 innocent Muslims were killed by the Burmese Army and the Buddhist mobs after bringing them down from a bus Over 500 Muslim villages have been incinerated hither-to. Thousands
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Essay George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant” to teach readers about imperialism and its effects on not only those ruled but also those charged with maintaining order above them. Orwell’s narrator is a British colonial official stationed in Burma who is charged with keeping the local populace from rioting. The officer speaks of how he is frightened by the Burmans and even by his own people rulers. Fear is one of the ways that Orwell shows that imperialism affects the rulers. Also shown is that
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because of the London Blitz during World War II. His mother decides that it is too dangerous for Nick to live in London‚ so she sends him off to Burma to stay at his father’s elephant plantation in the jungle. As soon as he arrives in Burma‚ he feels at home‚ but sadly‚ the war in Southeast Asia has also started to get violent‚ and the Japanese invade Burma. Just after Nick arrives‚ Rangoon‚ the
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with the tyranny of imperialism which the elephant represents. The empire‚ like the elephant‚ is very powerful and has enormous strength over the people. The elephant’s sudden attack on the marketplace symbolizes the British Empire’s reign over the Burma economy. When the elephant kills the man it represented the British’s oppression of the Burmese people and their village. This destruction put Orwell in a position to either allow this elephant‚ the representation of the tyranny of the empire‚ to continue
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relying on colonial administrators to run the colony‚ with little reliance on the locals‚ such as in the case of Burma since their annexation in 1886. Upon Burma’s annexation by the British‚ many of its political systems were abolished‚ such as the Ava Court and the Hlutdaw. Instead‚ the British imposed their own form of rule on Burma‚ which was patterned after the Indian model. Burma was divided into districts‚ each with an assistant commissioner and police assistant‚ for the sake of administrative
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NOTES ON SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT 1) colonialism in "Shooting an Elephant." * George Orwell wrote this essay when England ruled Burma as a colony---much like it had ruled America during the colonial period. Colonialism occurred when many European nations simply took over countries because they believed their culture was superior to the native culture. The ideas of social darwinism‚ or survival of the strongest nations and/or people‚ played a large role in the domination and subjection of countries
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