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4 unusual facts about Aung San


Gilbert Laithwaite

In 1947 he took part in London talks on Burmese independence, also attended by Stafford Cripps and Aung San.

Hubert Rance

Dorman-Smith's imprisonment of a popular nationalist leader, Aung San, had provoked anger and the threat of rebellion against the British, while Rance had a more conciliatory approach.

Okpho

Chit Maung (1913–1945) - journalist, patriotic writer who worked for Bogyoke Aung San, the father of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Than E

That was the first meeting of her with Bogyoke (General) Aung San.


Karen people

When a delegation of representatives of the Governor's Executive Council headed by Aung San was invited to London to negotiate for the Aung San-Attlee Treaty in January 1947, none of the ethnic minority groups were included by the British government.

Thakin Chit Maung

He participated in the anti-British campaign led by General Aung San (father of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) and fought against the Japanese during World War II.


see also

Aung San Oo

Since 2005 Aung San Oo has been constructing a large mansion on a prime location within the exclusive Archaeological Zone in Bagan.

Footprints Live!

# "Aung San Suu Kyi" - 9:28 - originally recorded for 1 + 1 with Herbie Hancock (1997)

Japanese occupation of Burma

Ba Maw was afterwards declared head of state, and his cabinet included both Aung San as War Minister and the Communist leader Thakin Than Tun as Minister of Land and Agriculture as well as the Socialist leaders Thakins Nu and Mya.

Disillusioned, Aung San began negotiations with Communist leaders Thakin Than Tun and Thakin Soe, and Socialist leaders Ba Swe and Kyaw Nyein which led to the formation of the Anti-Fascist Organisation (AFO) in August 1944 at a secret meeting of the CPB, the PRP and the BNA in Pegu.

Shan State Cultural Museum

The Shan State Cultural Museum is a museum located at Bogyoke Aung San Road and Eintawshay Road, in Taunggyi, Burma.

U Saw

In January 1947, U Saw and the Socialist leader Thakin Ba Sein were the only members of the delegation to London, headed by Aung San, to negotiate with the British government for Burmese independence, who refused to sign the Aung San-Attlee Agreement.