The British acquire Burma's northeast region, the…

1893 CE

The British acquire Burma's northeast region, the Shan States, in 1893.

Production and smuggling of opium thrive in Lower Burma despite British efforts to maintain a strict monopoly on the opium trade.

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Rangoon Rangoon Myanmar View →

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Shan States View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Burma, Lower (British) View →

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