The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yangon, Myanmar.

Prior to 19th century

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19th century

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20th century

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Map of Rangoon, 1911[17]

21st century

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Smith 1882.
  2. ^ Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: from the earliest times to March 1824.
  3. ^ Pan Hla, Nai (1968). Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing, 2005 ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay. p. 54.
  4. ^ Sithu, Maha (1798). Yazawin Thit. Vol. 1 (Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.) ed.). Yangon. p. 262.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gazetteer 1908.
  6. ^ "Voyage to Pegu, and Observations There, Circa 1583" (PDF). SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research. 2003.
  7. ^ a b c d Nwe 1998.
  8. ^ Roy, Prominent Mon Lineages from Late Ayutthaya to Early Bangkok, Journal of the Siam Society, 2010, p. 208. Roy points out that the Burmese-appointed governor of yangon Ma Pu joined a Mon rebellion in the 1750s. Since he was appointed by the Burmese, it could be between 1755-59.
  9. ^ a b James 2004.
  10. ^ Morse 1823.
  11. ^ Britannica 1910.
  12. ^ a b c d Spate 1942.
  13. ^ Oung, Kin (2007). A Twentieth Century Burmese Matriarch.
  14. ^ "Irrawaddy River Cruise, Myanmar (Burma)". www.irrawaddyflotilla.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  15. ^ Balfour 1885.
  16. ^ a b "Rangoon", Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott (published 1893), 1895, OCLC 3155661
  17. ^ a b Murray 1911.
  18. ^ "Myanma Alinn Daily".
  19. ^ a b Cities And Sustainable Development: Lessons And Experiences from Asia And the Pacific. United Nations Publications. 2003. ISBN 9211203678.
  20. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  21. ^ "Rangoon (Burma) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  22. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  23. ^ Jayde Lin Roberts (2013), "Sin Oh Dan Street Lion Dance Competition", in Jeffrey Hou (ed.), Transcultural Cities, New York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0415631426
  24. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Rangoon{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  25. ^ "Historical Background". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  26. ^ Seekins 2005.
  27. ^ a b "Burma Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  28. ^ "Burma stock exchange planned by Tokyo bourse". BBC News. 11 April 2012.
  29. ^ "Explosion in Myanmar on anniversary of crackdown". New York Times. 25 September 2008.
  30. ^ "Myanmar hosts first marathon in decades". Al Jazeera. 27 January 2013.
  31. ^ "Children killed in Myanmar school fire". Al Jazeera. 2 April 2013.
  32. ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
  33. ^ "COVID-19 ရောဂါ... - Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar | Facebook". Facebook. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

Bibliography

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Published in the 19th century
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Rangoon", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • "Rangoon". Wright's Australian and American Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. New York. 1881.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • George Smith (1882), "Rangoon", Geography of British India, Political & Physical, London: J. Murray, OCLC 5876009
  • Edward Balfour (1885), "Rangoon", The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch
Published in the 20th century
Published in the 21st century
  • Helen James (2004). "Rangoon". In Ooi Keat Gin (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1576077705.
  • Donald M. Seekins (2005). "The State and the City: 1988 and the Transformation of Rangoon". Pacific Affairs. 78.
  • Frauke Kraas; Hartmut Gaese; Mi Mi Kyi, eds. (2006). Megacity Yangon. Berlin: Lit Verlag. ISBN 3825800423.
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