The Rohingya were once counted as a part of the Mrauk-U (Mrohaung) kingdom in Arakan which stood independent of both the Burman kingdoms in the Irrawaddy delta and central Burma as well as Bengal ...

A World War Two veteran is celebrating his 100th birthday. Captain Walter Godsal, who lives in Winsford, Somerset, fought in the Burma Campaign in which Allied forces defeated the Japanese.