Burmese conquest of Arakan
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In 1785 Burmese forces conquered the Arakanese kingdom and carried the Mahamuni statue off to Mandalay. The Arakan region was ceded to the British in 1826 through the Treaty of Yandabo. When Myanmar became independent from British rule in 1948, the province in which the Arakanese are dominant was named Arakan. This name was changed to Rakhine in the 1990s.[1]
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- ^ "Arakanese | Definition, Location, & Ancient Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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