Arakan Division
Arakan Division (Burmese: ရခိုင်တိုင်း) was an administrative division of the British Empire, covering modern-day Rakhine State, Myanmar, which was the historical region of Arakan. It bordered the Bengal Presidency of British India to the north. The Bay of Bengal was located on its western coastline. Arakan Division had a multiethnic population. It was a leading rice exporter.
Arakan Division ရခိုင်တိုင်း | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826–1942 1945–1948 | |||||||||||||||
Coat of arms
| |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the King (1824–1837; 1901–1942; 1945–1948) God Save the Queen (1837–1901) | |||||||||||||||
Arakan Division and its four districts | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Division of British India and Division of British Burma | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Akyab | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | English (official) Arakanese | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial era | ||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Yandabo | 24 February 1826 | ||||||||||||||
• Separation from British India | 1937 | ||||||||||||||
| 1942–1945 | |||||||||||||||
• Independence of the Union of Burma | 4 January 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Burmese rupee, Indian rupee, Pound sterling | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.