First Burma War (1824 -26)
- Causes
- Burmese expansion to the west and occupation of Arakan and Manipur.
- British force’s occupation of Rangoon in 1824.
- Result – Treaty of Yandabo
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)
- Cause – Lord Dalhousie’s expansionist policy and commercial interest.
- Result – The British occupied Pegu and took control of lower Burma.
Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
- Cause
- The hostile attitude of Burmese king Thibaw to the British.
- Commercial treaty with the French.
- Result – Final annexation of Burma.