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British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of ''Burma'' as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence. Various portions of Burmese territories, including Arakan, Tenasserim were annexed by the British after their victory in the First Anglo-Burmese War; Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. The annexed territories were designated the ''minor'' province (a Chief Commissionership), ''British Burma'', of British India in 1862. After the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of ''Burma'' in British India was created, becoming a ''major'' province (a Lieutenant-Governorship) in 1897.〔 This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office under the Secretary of State for India and Burma. Burma achieved independence from British rule on 4 January 1948. Burma is sometimes referred to as "the Scottish Colony", due to the heavy role played by Scotsmen in colonising and running the country, one of the most notable being Sir James Scott, and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. ==Divisions of British Burma== The province of Burma, after 1885 was administered as follows: # Ministerial Burma (Burma proper) ## Tenasserim Division (Toungoo, Thaton, Amherst, Salween, Tavoy, and Mergui Districts) ## Arakan Division (Akyab, Northern Arakan or Arakan Hill Tracts, Kyaukpyu and Sandoway Districts) ## Pegu Division (Rangoon City, Hanthawaddy, Pegu, Tharrawaddy and Prome Districts) ## Irrawaddy Division (Bassein, Henzada, Thayetmyo, Maubin, Myaungmya and Pyapon Districts) # Scheduled Areas (Frontier Areas) ## Shan States ## Chin Hills ## Kachin tracts The "Frontier Areas", also known as the "Excluded Areas" or the "Scheduled Areas", compose the majority of states within Burma today. They were administered separately by the British with a Burma Frontier Service, and later united with Burma proper to form Myanmar's geographic composition today. The Frontier Areas were inhabited by ethnic minorities such as the Chin, the Shan, the Kachin and the Karenni. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British rule in Burma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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