Bago Region with Mon independence) in 1757. Burmese King Bodawpaya (1782–1819) rebuilt Bago, but by then the river had shifted course, cutting the city off from the sea. It never regained its previous importance. After the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the British annexed Bago in 1852. In 1862, with the formation of the province of British Burma, the capital was moved to Yangon. Bago Region occupies an area of divided into the four districts of Bago, Pyay, Tharrawaddy and Taungoo. Bago, the divisional capital, is the fourth largest town of Burma. Other major cities include Taungoo and Pyay. Bago Region's seal are two
University of Nursing, Yangon 1986, and was upgraded to university status in 1991. In 1994 it became the first medical training facility in the country to offer a four-year, full-time BNSc degree program. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in various fields of nursing. Courses undertaken at the University of Nursing are eligible for credit transfers towards courses taken at the Open University of the UK. Each of the following nursing universities also takes in 100 students per year. University of Nursing, Yangon The University of Nursing, Yangon ( ; formerly The Institute of Nursing, Yangon) is a nursing university, located in Lanmadaw