Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1937 i wehe atu a Burma i a Inia, a ka noho hei koroni motuhake. I te tau 1947 i whai mana a Inia, heoi i wehea te whenua ki nga kawanatanga e rua (Inia me Pakistan), me te waahanga tonga o te rohe o Burma-India ka waiho hei Burma me Pakistan ki te Rawhiti (Bangladesh o naianei). I whiwhi motuhake a Burma i te tau 1948. I te tau 1971 i whiwhi motuhake ai a Bangladesh i Pakistan i muri i te
pakanga, ā, i riro i a ia te rohe ki Burma/Myanmar.