The Digital Journalist
©Steve Raymer
A Muslim cleric preaches to Burmese Muslims of Indian ancestry at the Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Yangon, where the last Mogul emperor of India is buried. Great Britain ruled Burma with the help of Indian merchants, soldiers, policemen, and civil servants, leading to violent clashes with resentful Burmese in the 1930s and again in the 1960s, when large numbers of Indians were expelled.