British forces entering mandalay 1885 Myanmar Burmese King Thibaw
For the next 26 years, Mandalay was to be the last royal capital of the last independent Burmese kingdom before its final annexation by the British. Mandalay ceased to be the capital on 28 November 1885 when the conquering British sent King Thibaw and his queen Supayalat to exile, ending the Third Anglo-Burmese War. While Mandalay would continue to be the chief city of Upper Myanmar during the British colonial rule, the commercial and political importance had irreversibly shifted to Yangon. The British take on the development of Mandalay (and Myanmar) was mainly through commercial lens. While rail transport reached Mandalay in 1889 less than four years after the annexation, the first college in Mandalay, Mandalay College, was not established until 40 years later, in 1925. As for respecting Burmese sensitivities, not only did the British loot the palace, some of the which are still on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but they also renamed the palace compound Fort Dufferin and used it to billet troops. Mandalay is the second largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar.
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