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2. Southeast Asia, 1753-1914. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (1003 words) |
 | Much of this ferment focused on a new emphasis regarding ethnic identity, in which definitions of community reflected the complex interaction of religious movements, immigration patterns, and the attempt to impose Western sociological assumptions. |
| A revolution in the capital led to the deposition of the king and the elevation of Mindon Min. |
| Mindon Min, attempted to introduce administrative reforms, but the pressure of the looming power of British India made it difficult to introduce a program to revitalize and strengthen the state. |
| King Mindon Summary (524 words) |
| King Mindon Min sought to counter this loss of morale by three means: pursuit of correct and nonprovocative relations with the British, modernization of his backward country's economy, and establishment of the Burmese-ruled portion of Burma as a major world center of the Buddhist faith. |
| When Mindon Min died in 1878, a palace plot placed on the throne the extraordinarily unqualified Prince Thibaw, whose incompetence was to be a factor in the replacement of the Burmese Konbaung dynasty in 1885 by the extension of British colonial rule to all parts of Burma. |
| Min's son Thibaw Min succeeded him in 1878, King Thibaw was defeated by the British Empire in 1886 with Third Anglo-Burmese War. |
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