Myanmar Royal Dragon Army (2022-Sep 2023) Burma National Revolutionary Army (Sep 2023-present)
မြန်မာ့တော်ဝင်နဂါးတပ်တော် (2022-Sep 2023) ဗမာအမျိုးသားတော်လှန်ရေးတပ်မတော် (Sep 2023-present)
Flag of the Myanmar Royal Dragon Army
Leader
Bo Nagar
Foundation
1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)
Active regions
Pale Township, Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region
Size
1000+[1]
Allies
National Unity Government
People's Defence Force
Myanmar National Defence Force
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
Opponents
Myanmar (SAC)
Tatmadaw
Myanmar Army
North Western Command
Myanmar Police Force
Pyusawhti militias[2]
Battles and wars
Internal conflict in Myanmar
Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
The Myanmar Royal Dragon Army (MRDA; Burmese: မြန်မာ့တော်ဝင်နဂါးတပ်တော်), also known as Myanmar's Royal Dragon Army, was an armed resistance organisation based in Pale Township, Sagaing Region. It was founded on 1 January 2022 by its leader, Bo Nagar, and was under the command of the National Unity Government.[3][4][5][6] The Myanmar Royal Dragon Army was reformed and renamed as the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA; Burmese: ဗမာအမျိုးသားတော်လှန်ရေးတပ်မတော်) on September 9, 2023, becoming an ethnic armed organisation for the Bamar people.[7]
^"တရုတ်နယ်စပ်က ရိုင်ဖယ်များနှင့် အားမာန်ပြည့်လာသည့် တပ်ဖွဲ့သစ်များ" [Armed groups rejuvenated by rifles from Chinese borderlands]. Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023.
^"Pyusawhti militia". Myanmar NOW. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023.
^"PDF ခေါင်းဆောင် ဗိုလ်နဂါးဒေသမှာ စစ်ကောင်စီက လေကြောင်းကပါ ဖိတိုက်နေ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^"မြန်မာ့တော်ဝင်နဂါးတပ်တော်(ရန်ကုန်)နှင့် မြန်မာ့အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်မတော် မဟာမိတ်ဖွဲ့စည်း". LuduNwayOo. 27 April 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^"Guerrilla force ambushes Myanmar military convoy and base in Sagaing". Myanmar NOW. 13 May 2022. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^"Interview | Myanmar Resistance Leader in Sagaing Says Monsoon Will Bring Victories". The Irrawaddy. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^"Resistance commander forms new army; UN states war crimes increasing in Burma". Democratic Voice of Burma. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023.
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