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Myanmar, an Asian country of 54 million people, is a member of the regional grouping ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations). It shares land borders with Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and Thailand. It is multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multitribal in nature with a number of ongoing tribal insurgencies. The country was previously known as Burma till 1989 when the generals changed the name to Myanmar. The name Burma derived from Sanskrit word:
Brahma Desha. Hinduism was predominantly pervasive in Burma during ancient times. Both names of the country are rooted in Hinduism; Burma is the British colonial officials phonetic equivalent for the first half of