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She was born on 1st June,1932. Her Burmese name is Yadana Nat Mai. She was the daughter of Burmese Prince "Kanaung Mintha". She was fourth wife of U Ne Win. She was 22 years junior to U Ne Win. U Ne Win saw her at the airport of Geneva. In 1975,she contacted U Ne Win for a Visa to visit her dying mother. Then U Ne Win met with her in the Europe. U Ne Win was captivated by that lady. On second time,U Ne Win asked her to marry him.(She had husband and tw o sons. In 1976, they divorced).In 1978, she and U Ne Win married in a simple ceremony, but the marriage lasted only five months. Now her age is 85 and she teaches International and Italian cooking in Florence.

Duration - 15 August 2007 to September 2008 The term “Saffron Revolution” derives from the color of the robes worn by monks in Burma. In this protests, monks played in the important role. Human right violations was one of the reason for this protests. What is the aim? Their goals are to achieve Democracy, free elections and want to end of military involvement in politics. Senior General Than Shwe, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Zarganar (Burmese Comedian) and U Gambira ( A leader of the Buddhist monks) are prominent individuals in this event. During the Saffron Revolution, Kenji Nagai , a Japanese photojournalist.He was shot by stray bullets and later dying from gunshot injuri es to the chest.He was the only foreign national killed in the protests.

On the full-moon day of Kason, 1316, M.E. 2498 B.E (May, 1954),the Sixth Buddhist Council (Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana) was held at Kaba Aye Pagoda. Especially "Great Cave" in which the work of the council took place. 2500 monks from 8 Buddhist countries (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal) attended the Council. There were First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Buddhist Council. A major purpose of the Sixth Council was to preserv e the Buddha's teachings and practices as understood in the Theravada tradition. The Sixth Buddhist Council was sponsored by Prime Minister U Nu. Nyaung Yan Sayadaw, Mahasi Sayadaw, Mingun Sayadaw took the leading roles in that council. "Mahasi Sayadaw" was appointed to ask the required questions about the Dhamma to "Mingun Sayadaw", who answered them. (From the "Teachings of the Buddha", Ministry of Religious Affairs, Myanmar, 1997) More at   http://www.chrisclark.bio/wp-cont…/…/201

Event occurred on 8, August, 1988. Therefore it is known as "8888 Uprising". The 8888 uprising was started by students in Yangon (Rangoon) on 8 August 1988. Monks, children, university students, doctors, housewives and from all walks of life participated. The uprising ended on 18 September. Thousands of deaths have been attributed to the military during this uprising. Tens of thousands of protesters fled to Thailand and joined insurgent groups Goal was to achieve democracy in Burma. "Withdrawal of currency notes without compensation" was one of the problems. On 5 September 1987, Ne Win announced the withdrawal of the newly replaced currency notes, 100, 75, 35 and 25 kyats, leaving only 45 and 90 kyats notes, apparently because only the latter two are numbers divisible by 9, considered lucky by Ne Win. Next, the uprising was caused by Economic mismanagement, failure of the Burmese Way to Socialism, police brutality, corruption and Military dictatorship.

He was the leader of the "ဆရာစံ Rebellion" of 1930-1932 in Burma. Date of birth is Oct 24,1876 and native town is Shwe Bo. He was a former monk, astrologer before the rebellion. His original name was Yar Kyaw. His parents were U Kyaye and Daw Hpet. He was executed on November 28, 1931(age 55) at Tharrawady. He met and married Ma Kay. He had two children, Ko Po Thin & Ma Sein. Saya San joined the extreme nationalist faction of the General Council of Burmese Associations led by U Soe Thein.He organized his followers into the “Galon Army"( Thupannaka Galon Raja). On the night of December 22/23 the first outbreak occurred in the Tharrawaddy district; the revolt soon spread to other Irrawaddy delta districts. The Galon army rebels, like the Boxers of China, carried charms and tattoos to make themselves invulnerable to British bullets. Armed only with swords and spears, Saya San’s rebels were no match for British troops with machine guns. As the revolt collapsed,

He was the leader of the Panglong Conference(a historic meeting that took place at the Shan State in February 1947) with General Aung San that initiated the formation of the new nation of Union of Burma in February 1947. It was during World War Two that he started his life as a high minded polician.He was a Chairman of the Myoma National School. So he adopted his Politician name as “Myoma U Than Kywe”. He was born in 1924, Rangon. He attended Myoma High  School in Rangon and achieved a B.A from Rangon University. He was elected vice-president of both the Rangoon University Student Union (RUSU) and the All-Burma Students Union (ABSU). Almost well known prime minister, politicians, democracy leaders, human rights activists, ministers, generals, nationalists, writers, medical specialists, engineers, artists, sport men, actors, actress, merchants and senior top officers etc were came from Myoma national school. He became "သခင္Than Kywe" when he joined the Do bama Asiayone

He was one of the Burmese poets, writers and political leaders and regarded as the father Burmese nationalist. At the age of 9 he witnessed the fall of the Konbaung dynasty and the abduction of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat by the British, being t aken away in a carriage, near the queen's own Myadaung Monastery where he was a boarder. It was a scene that he would never forget and one that sparked his nationalist fervour in a lifelon g struggle for independence. Hmaing was born on 23,March,1876 in Wale village near Shwedaung, Pyay District. Hmaing was born to U San Don(ဦးစံဒြန္း) and Daw Own (ေဒၚအုန္း). On 22,July,1964, at the age of 88 the man of many skills left the world.Pandi Lay Maung Sammadi, Saya Lun, Bow Bow Aung, Mr. Maung Hmaing, Thakin Kodaw Hmaing are pen names of Hmaing. Inspiration of Mr Maung Hmaing - There was a popular novel  at that time called "ခ်ဥ္ေပါင္ရြက္သည္ ေမာင္မွိုင္း" (The Roselle Vendor Maung Hmaing) by U Kyee.At that time, putting "Mr&

He was a Burmese prominent journalist and politician. He was born on 12 March,1930. He is a founding member of NLD. He was imprisoned by Military Government because his activities and writings are regarded as a "THORN" from the Military point of view. Prisoner life started in 1989 and ended in 2008 (19 years).He was freed on 23 September 2008. He attended Myoma High School in Yangon. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature, modern  history and political science from Rangoon University in 1953. Some of his contemporary school mates were Kyaw Aung and Saya Mya Than Tint. Win Tin served a 20-year sentence on charges including "anti-government propaganda." He had tried to inform the United Nations of ongoing human rights violations in Burmese prisons. As a young man, Win Tin served as the editor-in-chief of The Mirror (Kyemon). In 1969, he was appointed as editor-in-chief of a State owned new daily newspaper, the Hanthawaddy Daily in Mandal