1962

Broadcast on December 8, 2020

All subjects except English are taken in Burmese
Thin Char (Mathematics)
Yupa Beda (Physics)
Dhatu Beda (Chemistry)
First ever HSF only exam in March, 1962
Coup d’etat took place on March 2, 1962
The exams continued with Security forces patrolling the streets (in Rangoon)
Rangoon Division results were annulled (citing leakage of exam questions)
Make up HSF exam in August, 1962
Chu Pu Thein scored highest in Yupa Beda.
Maung Maung Kyi scored highest in Dhatu Beda.
Khin Maung U has English distinctions in HSF, Matriculation and I.Sc.(A) in addition to other distinctions.

General Ne Win
Brigadier Aung Gyi (Army)
Commodore Than Pe (Navy)
Brigadier T Clift (Air)
12 Colonels (from War Office and Commands)
According to Kyemon U Thaung, six or so did not know the decisions
BSPP
Open to “Cadre” members
Burmese Way to Socialism
Transformed the Rice Bowl of Asia into “Black Market” and decline
Cause for indiscriminate nationalization, demonetization, harsh censorship …
For a while, the government used the term “Tar Wun Khan” instead of “Wun Gyi” for Minister.

Commodore Than Pe (Revolutionary Council Member, Minister of Health and Education)
Passed away after an inspection tour
Successors :
Colonel Hla Han : Minister of Health and Education
Commodore Thaung Tin : Vice Chief of Staff (Navy)
Ko Tin Maung Thant (Son of UNSG U Thant)
Fell from a moving bus
The cortege was “longer” that that of Commodore Than Pe

7th July 1962
17 victims were announced in the media
Ko Aung Khin was hit by a stray bullet while returning from RUBC to his home in Windermere Road
8th July 1962
Demolition of the RUSU Building
Finger pointing between the Top Two about who gave the order (Unresolved since both have passed away)
First of the many disruptions (closing of classes and schools)

The Faculty of Engineering moved to the Gyogone Campus in 1961.
It was renamed BIT.
Some from the First batch of BIT graduates in 1962 can be found in the post “Class of 1962”
Bohmugyi Myint Thein Lwin (M62) and U Aye (M62) provided group photo, names and info.

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