State · 1948 – 1962
Union of Burma
A state of 1948 – 1962 — 14 years in East and Southeast Asia. It was replaced by Burmese Way to Socialism. The atlas records 7 things within it — wars and battles 1 · regime change 1 · people 5. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
- Wikidata's English label: Union of Burma (1948–1962).
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 14 years
- 1948 – 1962
- Rulers
- 3
- the President of Myanmar
- Within it
- 7
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Burmese Way to Socialism · replaced by
Rulers
The line of President of Myanmar.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sao Shwe Thaik | 1948 – 1952 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ba U | 1952 – 1957 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Win Maung | 1957 – 1962 | 5 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1948 – 1962. Only 14 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.80, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of Burma (1948–1974) · Public domain .png/120px-State_seal_of_Burma_(1948-1974).png)
coat of arms, undatedState seal of Burma (1948-1974) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19995 rows · 1 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Win Maung · ruler · 1916 – 1989
- Soe Win · commander · 1961 – present
- 1962 Burmese coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1962
- Min Ko Naing · politician · 1962 – present
- Kachin conflict · war · 1961
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood14 years
stood longer than 20% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1938 – 1972, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1955, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q7233551 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.