RNDP General Secretary Oo Hla Saw’s Paper On Arakan was submitted at University in Oz on 15.3.2013  (This post is direct from Maung Moe Zaw’s Blog on April 20, 2013.) Burma's Muslim-infested-Arakan. Rakhine, formerly known as Arakan, is one of the seven ethnic states in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is a narrow coastal strip of land in western Myanmar bordering with Bangladash in the Northwest and the Bay of Bengal in the West. It is separated by Rakhine Roma Mountain range from Burma proper and by the river Naff from Bangladesh. In ancient times , Rakhine Kingdoms were both economically and historically related with Eastern India. Thus, Indian civilization had great influence on the Rakhine people. For centuries, Arakan kingdom can maintain political independence but in 1784, it was invaded by the Burmese. With the consequences of the first Anglo-Burmese war which broke out in 1824, Rakhine came under the British rule. When Myanmar gained independ...