ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ, Builʻ khyupʻ, 1915-1947

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1938 joined Dohbama Asi-ayone; 1938-1940 head office general secretary, Dohbama Asi-ayone; 1939 helped to found Bama-htwet-yat Ghine (Freedom Bloc); 1940 attended the Indian National Congress Assembly, Ramgarh, India; 1940 fled Burma after the British government issued a warrant for his arrest; 1941 returned to Burma, founded the Burma Independence Army (BIA) in Bangkok, Thailand; 1942 reformed the Burma Independence Army as the Burma Defence Army (BDA); 1943 war minister, Burma National Army (BMA); 1944 founded the Anti-Fascist Organisation (AFO); 1945 led the Burmese National Army in a revolt against the Japanese occupation; 1946 president of Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL); 1947 signed an agreement with British prime minister, Clement Atlee, guaranteeing Burma's independence within a year.

Epithet: Burmese revolutionary and nationalist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0000dc
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referencedIn Burmese Immigrants in Indiana, 2001-2002 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Maung Maung, U, 1920-. U Aung San : his military life / Maung Maung. Library of Congress
referencedIn Papers of Sir E N Larmour, Burma Civil Service, 1940-47, 1940-1948 British Library
referencedIn Carlyle Edmund Seppings papers., 1921-1950 British Library
referencedIn John R Marr papers., 1946-1948 British Library
referencedIn John Whitehead papers., 1947 British Library
referencedIn British Burma Commission Association: papers relating to the interests of retired members of the Burma Civil Service (class 1), 1956-1998 British Library
referencedIn Kenneth C Walker papers., 1947 British Library
referencedIn `Burma Bride': memoir by Sylvia Molloy, wife of Patrick Reginald Hembrough Molloy (b 1912), Burma Civil Service 1938-48, giving an account of her life in Burma; with appendix by Molloy describing the scene in the Burmese Council Chamber immediately ..., 1940-1947 British Library
referencedIn Thein Pe Myint papers., 1930-1964 British Library
referencedIn Recollections of events in Burma 1941-48, 1941-1948 British Library
referencedIn An unpublished paper entitled "The Separation of Burma from the British Commonwealth: The Agonies of a Developing Country (Burma 1942-1962)" by Dr. Nalini Ranjan Chakravati (d2001), Deputy Secretary, Finance & Revenue Department, Government of Burma ..., 1942-1962 British Library
creatorOf ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ, Builʻ khyupʻ, 1915-1947. The unforgettable speeches of General Aung San / presented by Mg Kyaw Yin. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Christopher Arnold Mcdowall papers., 1940-1961 British Library
referencedIn Original manuscript and transcript copy of an unpublished paper entitled "General Aung San: His Policy for India and Indian Interests in Burma" by Dr. Nalini Ranjan Chakravati (D2001), Deputy Secretary, Finance & Revenue Department, Government of Bur..., 1990 British Library
referencedIn Maung Maung papers., 1940-1947 British Library
referencedIn Sir Edward Noel, alias Nick Larmour papers., 1940-1948 British Library
referencedIn Claude Hugh Morley Toye papers., 1947 British Library
referencedIn Arthur George Bottomley papers., 1947 British Library
referencedIn Maung Maung papers., 1931-1960 British Library
referencedIn Rodney S Drake papers., 1949 British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous papers relating to life and politics in Burma, collected by U Maung Maung, Burmese Diplomatic Service; including an autobiography by Daw Ko Latt (b1915); papers on the students movement and the Rangoon University strike of 1936, and ext..., 1915-1959 British Library
referencedIn Paper of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, chiefly as Governor of Burma 1946-48, 1946-1972 British Library
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Birth 1915-02-13

Death 1947-07-19

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