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*About 187,000 '''Muslims who fled to Bangladesh''' in 1978 were repatriated with the help of UN agencies by the end of 1981. they had left Myanmar because of alleged atrocities by its soldiers in Arakan State. | *About 187,000 '''Muslims who fled to Bangladesh''' in 1978 were repatriated with the help of UN agencies by the end of 1981. they had left Myanmar because of alleged atrocities by its soldiers in Arakan State. | ||
*In 1992, 250,000 '''Muslim refugees from Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state''' began arriving in '''Bangladesh''' claiming human rights abuses in Myanmar. Between 1994 and 1997, some 230,000 of these refugees returned home to Northern Rakhine state. | *In 1992, 250,000 '''Muslim refugees from Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state''' began arriving in '''Bangladesh''' claiming human rights abuses in Myanmar. Between 1994 and 1997, some 230,000 of these refugees returned home to Northern Rakhine state. | ||
*On 4 January 1948, the nation became an independent republic, under the terms of the '''Burma Independence Act 1947. The new country was named the Union of Burma.''' The country's official English name '''changed from the "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar"''' on 18 June 1989 by enacting the adaptation of the expression law. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||