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Rangoon riots may refer to:

  • 1930 Rangoon riots, race riots between Indian dockworkers and Burman labourers in that began May, 1930, in the city of Rangoon
  • 1931 Rangoon riots, anti-Chinese riots led by Burmese mobs erupted in Rangoon's Chinatown
  • 1938 Rangoon riots, anti-Muslim riots that began in July, 1938, in the Rangoon
  • 1962 Rangoon University protests, a series of demonstrations against campus regulations and the policy of the new military regime of General Ne Win
  • 1967 Rangoon riots, anti-Chinese riots occurred in Rangoon following the agitation spread by a few Red Guards in the regional context linked to China's Cultural Revolution

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Rangoon riots

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city of Rangoon 1931 Rangoon riots, anti-Chinese riots led by Burmese mobs erupted in Rangoon's Chinatown 1938 Rangoon riots, anti-Muslim riots that began...

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1930 Rangoon riots

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The 1930 Rangoon riots were a pair of race riots between Indian dockworkers and Burman labourers. The first broke out on 26 May near the Rangoon docks....

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List of ethnic riots

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list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict. Some of these riots can also be classified...

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8888 Uprising

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the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) rioted throughout Rangoon, smashing windows and traffic lights down Insein Road, and universities in Rangoon temporarily...

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Ne Win

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suspended the constitution and dissolved the legislature. Following riots at Rangoon University in July 1962, troops were sent to restore order. They fired...

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U Thant funeral crisis

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(Burmese: ဦးသန့် အရေးအခင်း) was a series of protests and riots in the then-Burmese capital of Rangoon triggered by the death of U Thant, the third Secretary-General...

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Sein Lwin

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confronted near Inya Lake by the riot police and many beaten to death or drowned. On 17 March, soldiers and riot police entered Rangoon University and arrested...

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List of massacres in Myanmar

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Location Deaths Perpetrators Victims 1930 Rangoon riots 1930 Rangoon (present-day Yangon) 120–200+ Bamar rioters Ethnic Indian dockworkers Arakan massacres...

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List of Islamophobic incidents

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the minority Muslim population in a series of communal riots, one of which was the Bhagalpur riots of 1989, which has led to the death of 900–1,000 Muslims...

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Communist Party of Burma

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a sentiment which led to the violent 1967 anti-Chinese riots in Burma. By the time the riots were quelled, 31 Chinese civilians had been killed and several...

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Yangon Technological University

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Established as Department of Engineering under Rangoon University in 1924, and popularly known by its former name Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT), YTU is...

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1962 Rangoon University protests

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The 1962 Rangoon University protests, also known as the 7 July Student Uprising (Burmese: ဆဲဗင်းဂျူလိုင် ကျောင်းသား အရေးတော်ပုံ), were a series of marches...

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Maria Hertogh

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notable for being at the centre of the Maria Hertogh riots when she was a young girl. The riots took place between 11 and 13 December 1950 in Singapore...

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May 68

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triptych about May 68 events by Peruvian painter Herman Braun-Vega. 1962 Rangoon University protests 1968 Columbia University protests 1968 Polish political...

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1867 Penang riots

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The Penang riots occurred on Penang Island, Malaysia, between 3 August and 12 August 1867 when it was a British Crown Colony. They began as a result of...

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U Thant

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populace. When the military government refused him any honours, riots erupted in Rangoon; these were violently crushed by the government, leaving scores...

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Cow protection movement

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South Myanmar (Rangoon). The anti-Cow Killing riots of 1893 in Punjab caused the death of at least 100 people. The 1893 cow killing riots started during...

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Timeline of Yangon

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building constructed. 1930 Richard Rushall elected as mayor of Rangoon Race riots in Rangoon Earthquake kills over 550 people. 1931 - Population: 398,967...

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Burmese Indians

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Within two days the riot spread throughout the country to locations such as Maymyo. At the start of World War II, almost half of Rangoon's (modern-day Yangon)...

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Nation of modern-day Myanmar, and Khin Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, British Burma. After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1964 and...

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Bahadur Shah Zafar

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the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British deposed him and exiled him to Rangoon in British-controlled Burma in 1858, after convicting him on several charges...

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Indian Overseas Bank

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up simultaneously at three branches, one each in Karaikudi, Madras, and Rangoon (Yangon). It quickly opened a branch in Penang, Kuala Lumpur (1937 or 1938)...

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A Bend in the Ganges

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fighters, the outbreak of the Second World War, the British retreat from Rangoon, the Bombay dock explosion and the division of India in 1947. The epigraph...

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Islam in Myanmar

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"March Student Riots, Unrest Reviewed". Bangkok Post. Maung, M. L. (1998). The Emergence of the Panthay Community at Mandalay. Rangoon: Unpublished. Naing...

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Lanmadaw Phoe Toke

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figure in Myanmar and also known for his involvement in the Indian-Burmese riots during the early 20th century. In those days most of Myanmar children even...

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Saffron Revolution

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generals. Hundreds of riot police and government troops armed with rifles and teargas launchers are said to be back on the streets of Rangoon (Yangon). They...

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Burma Military Police

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battalion and the 1st and 2nd Rangoon battalions. In 1938, 2,000 men of the BMP were deployed in Rangoon to prevent riots and civil unrest in the city...

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Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar

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Indians and Muslims. In 1938, anti-Muslim riots again broke out in Burma. Moshe Yegar writes that the riots were fanned by anti-British and nationalistic...

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