Burma Office Records

The Burma Office Records are divided into eight Series IOR/M/1 and IOR/M/2 comprise files transferred from the Burma branch of the India Office Public and Judicial Department dealing with constitutional reform and Burma's separation from India, 1932-37. IOR/M/3 - IOR/M/8 consist of files produced by the Burma Office, 1937-48, covering all aspects of internal administration and external relations. The files are grouped into following categories: Annual Files 1937-45 Annual Departmental Files 1946-48 Private and Intelligence Files 1937-47 Collections (subject files) 1937-48 Correspondence 1937-48 Miscellaneous

Available for research unless otherwise stated

For Indexes, see IOR/Z/M/1-41 Earlier material on Burma will be found mainly in Proceedings (IOR/P): Bengal Secret Consultations, 1786-1834, Bengal Political Consultations, 1789-1858, India Proceedings, Political 1834-43, Foreign 1843-1921, and Burma Proceedings, 1864-1924. India Office departmental records (IOR/L/AG, IOR/L/E, IOR/L/F, IOR/L/MIL, IOR/L/PJ, IOR/L/PS, etc) A small collection of files produced during the Burma Government's exile at Simla is separately catalogued in Burma Records, 1942-47 (IOR/R/8) (Note: other records of the Burma Government-in-exile are held by the Public Record Office FO 643

Andrew Griffin, A brief guide to sources for the study of Burma in the India Office Records (London, 1979); H R Tinker, Burma: the struggle for independence 1944-48, 2 vols (London, 1983-84; Stephen R Ashton, India Office Records: Sources for Burma (London, 1985. Unpublished)