Saw Maung calls his new regime the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) but promises to hold a free election in 1990

A new party, the National League for Democracy, is formed in Burma with Aung San Suu Kyi soon becoming its leader

Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Burma from England, to look after her dying mother

Before the coming election the military junta in Burma places democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest

Aung San Ssu Kyi remains under house arrest, and is not released till 1995

Aung San Suu Kyi's party wins an overwhelming victory in Burma's general election but the military refuse to hand over power

Aung San Suu Kyi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight for democracy in Burma

Saw Maung resigns as Burma's dictator and is replaced by Than Shwe (who still heads the junta some 20 years later)

Aung San Suu Kyi is released, and told that she can leave the country but will not be able to return

Aung San Suu Kyi's husband is diagnosed in England with cancer, but is refused an entry visa to Burma

Aung San Suu Kyi's husband, Michael Aris, dies in England

The Burmese junta again places Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, a restraint that has continued - with one break - till the present time

Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest nearly 20 years after winning Burma' only free election

The Burmese government removes fuel subsidies, causing massive price rises for consumers

Demonstrations begin in Burma against the recent increase in fuel prices

Large numbers of monks in Burma march in support of the escalating nation-wide demonstrations against the government

After continuing daily escalation of the protest in Burma, nation-wide, the junta order arrests and military intervention

Burmese monasteries are raided, and monks are arrested and taken away all over the country

The Burma junta seals the country off by blocking all internet access

Ibrahim Gambari, a United Nations envoy, arrives in Rangoon

The streets of Rangoon are virtually empty, with crowds dispersed by fear during the day and by curfew at night

Ibrahim Gambari is allowed to visit Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence, and has another meeting on October 2

Estimates of the number of deaths in the suppression of the Burmese uprising range from a few hundred to several thousand

Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in Rangoon under certain conditions

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party win almost all the 45 available seats in Burma's nation-wide by-elections