![]() ![]() ![]() The last king of the Konbaung dynasty, Thibaw (1878-1885), was deposed and exiled to western India in January 1886, marking the complete annexation of the Burmese province by the British crown, from then on directly ruled by India’s Vice-Roy administration (Blackburn, 2000). ![]() Three successful Anglo-Burmese wars (1824-26, 1852-) gradually incorporated the Burmese territories into the British Indian colonial enterprise. Though trading along Burmese coasts from the early 17th century, the British drastically expanded their political influence over Burma throughout the 19th century. ![]()
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