As Myanmar navigates its post-coup political crisis (2021–present), questions of citizenship, historical justice, and property restitution remain unresolved. The Democratic Unity Government (NUG) has mentioned "reviewing pre-1962 legal commitments to non-Bamar ethnic communities" in its shadow constitution draft—a clause that directly echoes MN.18’s demands.
The Burmese government rejected key provisions of Myanmar Sangam MN.18. Instead, the Union Citizenship Act of 1948 adopted a jus sanguinis (right of blood) principle, granting citizenship only to those whose ancestors had lived in Burma before 1824—effectively excluding nearly all Indians. Myanmar Sangam MN.18
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Following the three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824–1826, 1852, 1885), Burma was annexed into the British Indian Empire. This led to massive migration from British India—specifically from the Madras Presidency (Tamil Nadu), Bengal, and the United Provinces. Indians became moneylenders, civil servants, dockworkers, and traders. By 1931, Indians made up nearly 7% of Burma’s population, concentrated in Rangoon (Yangon).