Burma Office

The Burma Office was a British government department created in 1937 to oversee the administration of Burma. The department was headed until 1947 by the Secretary of State for India and Burma, a member of the British cabinet, and then for a few months until January 1948 by the Secretary of State for Burma.

1937: Separation of Burma from British India, establishment of the Burma Office

1947: Announcements of imminent independence of India, Pakistan and Burma

15 August 1947: into independent India and Pakistan, end of India Office

Partition of India

4 January 1948: Independence of Burma and abolition of Burma Office

Burma Office records[edit]

Unlike other British Government records, the Burma Office records, like those of the India Office, are not in The National Archives at Kew but are deposited with the India Office Records in the British Library, London, where they form part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections. The catalogue is searchable online in the catalogues.