A post from the archives
1886 - 1930
room Thailand
Proposed railway connecting Rangoon to Bangkok in 1886
Until the building of the Burma Road in the late 1930s, there was really no properly paved overland connection between Burma and either India, China, or Siam (Thailand). This map shows the proposed route of a railway connecting Burma, China and Siam - it was never built. Modern infrastructure in British Burma was focused almost solely on the export of rice, oil, and logs from the port of Rangoon and the rest of the economy was barely developed.
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.