Shekarun farko na 'yancin kai na Burma sun kasance masu cike da rikice-rikice na cikin gida, wanda ya haifar da tashe-tashen hankula daga kungiyoyi daban-daban da suka hada da 'yan gurguzu na Red Flag da Farar Tuta, Sojojin Burma na juyin juya hali, da kuma kabilu irin na Karen National Union.^[77] Nasarar gurguzuta China a 1949 kuma ta kai ga Kuomintang ta kafa rundunar soji a Arewacin Burma.^{[77 <>]} A cikin manufofin ketare, Burma ba ta nuna son kai kuma da farko ta karɓi taimakon ƙasashen duniya don sake ginawa.Duk da haka, ci gaba da goyon bayan da Amirka ke baiwa dakarun 'yan kishin kasa na kasar Sin a kasar Burma, ya sa kasar ta ki amincewa da mafi yawan taimakon kasashen waje, da kin zama mamba a cikin kungiyar kudu maso gabashin Asiya ta SEATO, a maimakon haka ta goyi bayan taron Bandung na 1955. ^[77]A shekara ta 1958, duk da farfadowar tattalin arziki, rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa ya karu saboda rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin kungiyar 'Yancin 'Yancin Jama'ar Anti-Fascist (AFPFL) da kuma halin rashin kwanciyar hankali na majalisar.Firayim Minista U Nu da kyar ya tsira daga kada kuri'ar rashin amincewa, ganin yadda tasirin 'crypto-communists' ke karuwa a cikin 'yan adawa, ^[77] a karshe ya gayyaci babban hafsan hafsan soji Janar Ne Win ya karbi mulki.^{[77 <]} > Wannan ya kai ga kamawa da korar ɗaruruwan da ake zargin magoya bayan gurguzu, da suka haɗa da manyan ƴan adawa, da kuma rufe fitattun jaridu.^[77]Gwamnatin mulkin soja karkashin Ne Win ta yi nasarar daidaita al'amura har ta kai ga gudanar da sabon babban zabe a shekara ta 1960, wanda ya mayar da jam'iyyar U Nu's Union Party.^[77] <> Duk da haka, kwanciyar hankali ba ta daɗe ba.Wani yunkuri a cikin Jihar Shan ya yi fatan kafa tarayya ta ‘saukar da’ tare da dagewa kan gwamnati ta mutunta ‘yancin ballewa, wanda aka tanadar a kundin tsarin mulki na 1947.An dauki wannan yunkuri a matsayin 'yan aware, kuma Ne Win ya yi aiki don wargaza ikon shugabannin Shan, ya maye gurbinsu da kudaden fansho, don haka ya kara mayar da ikonsa kan kasar.