Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 2 ga Maris, 1962, sojojin da Janar Ne Win ke jagoranta
ya karɓi iko da Burma ta hanyar juyin mulki, kuma gwamnati ta kasance a ƙarƙashin iko kai tsaye ko a kaikaice ta soja tun daga lokacin. Tsakanin 1962 da 1974, Myanmar ta mallaki wani majalisar juyin juya hali wanda janar ke jagoranta. Kusan dukkan bangarorin al'umma (kasuwanci, kafofin watsa labarai, samarwa) an sanya su cikin ƙasa ko kuma an kawo su ƙarƙashin ikon gwamnati a ƙarƙashin hanyar Burma zuwa Socialism, wanda ya haɗu da tsarin Soviet da tsarin tsarawa.