Myanmar Historical Commission
{{Short description|Research organization}}
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The Myanmar Historical Commission ({{langx|my|မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သမိုင်း ကော်မရှင်}}; formerly, the Burma Historical Commission) is an academic research organization focused on Burma studies. The commission was founded in 1955 by the Burmese government to produce an official version of national history.Ni Ni Myint 2003: 136 It regularly publishes the Bulletin of the Myanmar Historical Commission, and holds conferences in the country.{{cite web | title=Myanmar Historical Commission Holds Golden Jubilee International Conference | date=12–14 January 2005 | url=http://www.seameochat.org/confrence2.htm | accessdate=2013-05-19}} As of 2009, the Commission had published six volumes of modern Burmese history from 1947 onward.Khin Maung Nyunt 2009
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | author=Ni Ni Myint | title=New terrains in Southeast Asian history | chapter=Myanmar Historiography Since 1945 | editor=Abu (Talib Ahmad.), Liok Ee Tan | publisher=Ohio University Press | isbn=9780896802285 | year=2003}}
- {{cite web | author=Khin Maung Nyunt | title=The Myanmar Historical Commission | year=2009 | accessdate=2013-05-19 | url=http://aomar.wordpress.com/myanmar-history/}}
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