Rakhine (Arakan) ya kasance wurin da aka yi yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, musamman Kamfen Arakan 1942<unk>43
da kuma yakin tsibirin Ramree. A cikin 1948, Arakan ya zama wani ɓangare na sabuwar ƙungiyar Burma mai zaman kanta (daga baya aka sake masa suna Myanmar) kuma gundumomi uku sun zama Sashen Arakan. Daga shekarun 1950, an sami ci gaba da motsi don rabuwa da dawo da 'yancin Arakan. A wani bangare don kwantar da wannan tunanin, a cikin 1974, gwamnatin gurguzu a karkashin Janar Ne Win ta kafa "Jam'iyyar Rakhine" daga Rukunin Arakan da ke ba da akalla sanannun sanannun yawancin yankin na mutanen Rakhine.