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1. This History Thread is about women of Burma (Myanmar) as soldiers & in other military roles. Women soldiers have often been providers of medical care. Current struggle vs coup regime is inclusive of female, transgender, nonbinary participants. #WhatsHappeningInBurma 
2. Ancient & early modern Asia had women warriors & military leaders. Queen Chamadevi was Mon military leader of Hariphunchai (n. Thailand.) Women in lands that wd become Burma were politically powerful/influential. Legendary Queen Panhtwar of Pyu still inspires anti-coup women.
3. Gender roles varied by time, place, ethnicity in lands that wd become Burma. In his 1827 account of 1st Anglo-Burmese War, Maj. J. Snodgrass described 3 Shan “fearless Amazons” (believed to have supernatural ammunition-repelling powers) riding into battle vs British artillery.
1. This History Thread is about the railways of Burma (Myanmar) where railway lines have been important but often neglected & become flashpoints in times of conflict. Links to short videos with posts 3, 5, 13, 14, 18. 🚂
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2. Irrawaddy Valley State Railway Co.’s meter-gauge Rangoon-Prome line completed 1877 during British colonial control of Lower Burma. Railway reached Mandalay 1889 & lines added to Shwebo 1891, Katha 1895, Myitkyina 1898. 3 private companies taken over by Burma Railway Co., 1896.
3. Workers from India were employed for most railway construction in Burma under British rule. An American company built spectacular Gokteik viaduct 1899-1901, then world’s longest (690 m) railway trestle, 102 m high in Shan St. for Mandalay-Lashio line.
