Burma

a gees of British India; on the E. side of the Bay of Bengal; bounded on the E. by Siam, the Laos territory, and China, and on the N. and N. W. chiefly by A am and other parts of India. At one time it formed the greater portion of a native empire, its greatest length being about 1,200 miles, and its breadth 600; its area being then about 270,000 English sq. m. In 1826 Arracan and Tena erim, in 1852 Pegu and Martaban, and in 1886 the rest of the kingdom was annexed by Great Britain, King Theebaw deposed, and British or Lower Burma and Upper Burma united in one province under a lieuft.-gov. The chief towns are Mandalay, cap. Upper Burma; Rangoon, cap. Lower Burma; and Moulmein.