State of Burma

State of Burma ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော် (Burmese) ビルマ国 (Japanese)
1943–1945
State flag State seal
Motto: တသွေး၊ တသံ၊ တမိန့် t sway, t san, t min "One Blood, One Voice, One Order"
Anthem: "တို့ဗမာသီချင်း" Dobama Thachin "Our Burma Song"
Green: Under government authority Light silver: Remainder of British Burma Light green: Annexed by Thailand
Status	Puppet state of the Empire of Japan
Capital	Rangoon
Common languages	Burmese English Japanese
Religion	State Shinto Buddhism Christianity
Government	Totalitarian dictatorship
Head of State & Prime Minister
• 1943–1945	Ba Maw
Historical era	World War II
• Independence	1 August 1943
• Government evacuation	19 August 1945
Currency	Rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by Japanese Military Administration British Burma

History of Myanmar
Prehistory of Myanmar 11,000–200 BCE Pyu city-states 200 BCE – 1050 CE (Sri Ksetra Kingdom, Tagaung Kingdom) Mon kingdoms 825?–1057? CE (Thaton Kingdom) Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406
Pagan Kingdom 849–1297 Early Pagan Kingdom 849–1044 Warring states period Upper Myanmar 1297–1555 Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1365 Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1365 Kingdom of Ava 1365–1555 Prome Kingdom 1482–1542 Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552 Shan States 1215–1563 Kingdom of Mrauk U 1429–1785 Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752 First Toungoo Empire 1510–1599 Nyaungyan Restoration 1599–1752 Restored Hanthawaddy 1740–1757 Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885
British colonial period 1824–1948 Anglo-Burmese Wars 1824–1885 Resistance movement 1885–1895 Nationalist movement 1900–1948 Japanese occupation 1942–1945
Modern era 1948–present AFPFL government 1948–1962 Ne Win dictatorship 1962–1988 SLORC / SPDC junta 1988–2010 Political reforms 2011–2015 SAC junta 2021–present
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The State of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော်; MLCTS: ba.ma nuingngamtau; Japanese: ビルマ国, Biruma-koku) was a Japanese puppet state created by Japan in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II.