Question

Why was burmese anglo war fought and who fought them?

Answer 1

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a. The Anglo Burmese wars were fought between the British empire and the Burmese empire in the 19th century.
b. There were in fact three wars fought between the two.
c. The wars were fought between the two over control of North eastern part of India.
d. As the British colonial Empire wanted to expand its control over the rest of India, and wanted to prevent growing Burmese influence in the North east part of India, the two entered into a series of wars.
e. Both the empires sought to increase their sphere of influence.
f. Further Burmese had already made expansion towards Manipur and Assam, causing frequent cross border raids.
g. The growing influence of Burmese in the North east severely impacted the economic and political interests of the British colonial empire resulting in the war.

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