Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1937 Burma ta rabu da Indiya kuma ta zama mulkin mallaka. A cikin 1947 Indiya ta sami 'yanci, duk da haka an raba ƙasar zuwa jihohi biyu (Indiya da Pakistan), tare da ɓangaren kudancin iyakar Burma-Indiya ya zama tsakanin Burma da Gabashin Pakistan (Bangladesh na zamani). Burma ta sami 'yancin kai a shekarar 1948. A 1971 Bangladesh ta sami 'yanci daga Pakistan bayan wani
yaƙi kuma ta haka ne ya gaji iyaka da Burma / Myanmar.