It was not just the Karen and Mon that rose up in rebellion soon after independence in early 1949, but the Muslims too in northern Arakan along the border of today's Bangladesh, migrants and their descendants from East Bengal.
It was not just the Karen and Mon that rose up in rebellion, soon after independence in early 1949. The Rakhine led by the veteran monk U Seinda started an insurrection as early as 1946 followed by the Rakhine Mujahid in December 1947 in northern Arakan along the border of today's Bangladesh, migrants and their descendants from East Bengal.