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The Separation League was a
political alliance A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ...
in
Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
.


History

The alliance was formed to contest the 1932 general elections by parties that were in favour of Burma being separated from
British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...
, as the British government had indicated that it would take the outcome of the elections as an indication of Burmese opinion.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p148 In addition to separation, the League was in favour of restricting Indian immigration, banning monks from being involved in politics and banishing foreign money lenders. The alliance's leadership was based around the Burma for the Burmans League, including the former Nationalist Party faction of the People's Party,Fukui, pp145–146 as well as the Karen National Association. Poorly funded and lacking in widespread support, the alliance won 29 seats and was defeated by the Anti-Separation League, which won 42 seats.


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{{Burmese political parties Defunct political party alliances in Myanmar