Treaty of Yandabo
Yandabo, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
What happened
General Sir Archibald Campbell for the British East India Company and the Governor of Legaing for the Burmese king signed the treaty. After two years of war, British troops had advanced up the Irrawaddy River close to the Burmese capital, Ava. At the riverside village of Yandabo, Burma agreed to give up Assam, Manipur, Arakan and the Tenasserim coast. It also agreed to pay one million pounds sterling.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It ended the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history. Historians call it 'the beginning of the end' of Burmese independence.
What came next
Burma struggled to pay and to recover its lost lands. Britain fought two more wars with Burma and annexed the whole country by 1885.
Did you know?
Yandabo is known today for its pottery.
Timeline
- 5 March 1824The war begins.
- 1 April 1825Maha Bandula dies at Danubyu.
- 24 February 1826Treaty of Yandabo.
- 1885Britain annexes all of Burma.