State of Burma | |||||||||
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1943–1945 | |||||||||
Motto: တသွေး၊ တသံ၊ တမိန့် t sway, t san, t min "One Blood, One Voice, One Order" | |||||||||
Anthem: "တို့ဗမာသီချင်း" Dobama Thachin "Our Burma Song" | |||||||||
![]() Green: Under government authority Light silver: Remainder of British Burma Light green: Annexed by Thailand | |||||||||
Status | Puppet state of the Empire of Japan | ||||||||
Capital | Rangoon | ||||||||
Common languages | Burmese English Japanese | ||||||||
Religion | State Shinto Buddhism Christianity | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Burmese | ||||||||
Government | Unitary fascist one-party state under a totalitarian dictatorship | ||||||||
Head of State & Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1943–1945 | Ba Maw | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Independence | 1 August 1943 | ||||||||
• Government evacuation | 19 August 1945 | ||||||||
Currency | Rupee | ||||||||
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The State of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာနိုင်ငံတော်; MLCTS: ba.ma nuingngamtau; Japanese: ビルマ國, Biruma-koku) was a Japanese puppet state created by Japan in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II.