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Sittwe (Burmese: စစ်တွေမြို့; MLCTS: cac twe mrui., Burmese pronunciation: [sɪʔtwè mjo̰]), formerly Akyab (အာကျပ်), is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma).
Akyab (now Sittwe), the divisional capital of Arakan, was located in proximity to the Chittagong Division of British Bengal. In 1840, Akyab exported 74,500 tons of rice valued at an estimated 1.2 million rupees. In 1855, Akyab exported 162,000 tons of rice valued at an estimated 3 million rupees.
Akyab was a town in the Bengal Presidency and headquarters of the Akyab district of Burma. Spelling Variants. Modern name: Sittwe Variants:Akyab. External links. Akyab Imperial Gazetteer of India; Photograph: The Bank of Bengal, Akyab Burma c 1895. Bristol Archives, catalogue reference 2003/071/1/1/2/25, part of the British Empire ...
Arakan Division ( Burmese: ရခိုင်တိုင်း) was an administrative division of the British Empire, covering modern-day Rakhine State, Myanmar, which was the historical region of Arakan. It bordered the Bengal Presidency of British India to the north. The Bay of Bengal was located on its western coastline. Arakan Division had a multiethnic population.
Dec 6, 2019 · non is as much an annexation of part of India by Burma as an invasion of Akyab by Indians.4 By the time of the Census Report of 1931, we read: In Akyab District itself 210,990 Indians were enumerated but only about one-tenth of them were enumerated in towns. In parts of Akyab District, Indians are so numerous that they
AKYAB, a city and district in the Arakan division of Burma. The city is situated at the confluence of the three large rivers Myu, Koladaing and Lemyu, and is the most flourishing city in the Arakan division.
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Abstract After the First Anglo-Myanmar War in 1826, departing from the former Rakhine Kingdom city of Mrauk U, the British chose a new site, Sittway, situated on the sea coast at the mouth of Kaladan River, for its advantageous positions for health.
