Rakhine (Arakan) yaiva nzvimbo yehondo dzakawanda munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, kunyanya Arakan Campaign 1942<unk>43
uye Hondo yeRamree Island. Muna 1948, Arakan yakava chikamu cheUnion of Burma (yakazotumidzwa zita rokuti Myanmar) uye matunhu matatu akava Arakan Division. Kubvira kuma1950, pakava neboka rakanga richikura rokutsvaka kupatsanuka uye kudzorerwa kwerusununguko rweArakan. Muchikamu chokunyaradza manzwiro aya, muna 1974, hurumende yezvemagariro evanhu pasi paGeneral Ne Win yakaumba "Rakhine State" kubva kuArakan Division ichipa kubvuma kunonzi kwenhamba huru yevanhu veRakhine.