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| 1961, Oct. 13 |
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| Communist China and Burma signed a protocol, as an annex to their boundary agreement of 1960, stating that a joint border committee had successfully defined and marked off the boundaries. | 1 |
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| 1962, March 2 |
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| Ne Win led an army coup that deposed U Nu's civilian government. U Nu and other leaders of the Union Party were arrested. Parliament was abolished, and the small Revolutionary Council was put in its place. The council on March 8 named Ne Win chief of state. | 2 |
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| July 4 |
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| The new regime sponsored the Burmese Socialist Program Party, committed to “the Burmese Way to Socialism.” All other parties were banned. | 3 |
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