Anniversary

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

1970

Rangoon University Golden Jubilee

• Rangoon University ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် celebrated the Golden Jubilee ရွှေရတု in 1970.
• RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins အနုပညာရှင်များ debuted the “Swel Daw Yeik Troupe” with “Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint စွယ်တော်ရိပ်အငြိမ့်” , “Htee Yein ထီးယိမ်း” & “Ta Bin Daing Ah Ka တပင်တိုင်အက”.

• The terms “Swel Daw”, “Swel Daw Bin” and “Swel Daw Yeik” became the official synonyms for RIT and its predecessors.
• I had a minor role as Volunteer for the “Zay Nay Yar Cha Htar Yay Committee စျေးနေရာချထားရေးကော်မတီ”.
• Dr. Aung Gyi (then, Professor of Civil Engineering) was Chair and U Thet Lwin (then at Eco) was Secretary of one of the main Committees. They reunited later as Rector and Registrar of RIT.

1999

30th Anniversary of 69ers

• The celebration took place in Yangon.
• It led to the founding of the “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” by me, ex-rit web site by KMZ, and SPZP-2000 in the USA by SF Bay Area RIT Alumni.

2009

40th Anniversary of 69ers

Group photos from the event have been posted in the RIT 69ers, RIT Update pages, and hlamin.com

2014

Shwe YaDu

Golden Jubilee of the Education System introduced in November 1964.

Pseudo Golden Jubilee of 69ers

• It was the Golden Jubilee for Admission to the first ever 2nd BE at RIT in November 1964.

2019

True Golden Jubilee of 69ers

• Dec 19 Morning : Reunion & PZP at Gyogone Campus
• Dec 19 Evening : Dinner & entertainment at Ko Aung Min’s old office in PWD kCompound.
• Close to ninety of our former classmates are GBNF.
• Several seniors are 75+ years young but are physically and mentally strong as ever.

2020

U Ba Toke

• Sayagyi was a Phwa Bet Taw of “RU” and “First RU Student Strike” (honored as “Ah Myotha Aung Pwe Nay”) in December 1920.
• Rangoon University was established on December 1, 1920 with Rangoon College and Judson College as the Constituent Colleges,
• 13 Kyaung Tha Gyis led the first RU Students Strike on December 5, 1920. The Strike contributed to the reform of the RU Act of 1920.
• Saya was born on Dec 26, 1920. He passed away on Dec 2, 2020.

RU Centennial

• RU kicked off the Pre-Centennial celebrations in Dec 2019.
• There were commemorative publications and exhibitions leading to the Centennial celebrations in Dec 2020.
• Due to pandemic, several events had limited attendance; they were broadcast on TV for the public.

HMEE-2018

• Saya U Aung Hla Tun headed the HMEE-2012 team which published the History book for SPZP-2012. Due to resource constraints, several topics and articles were deferred.
• Saya is also head of the HMEE-2018 team, which is preparing to revise the HMEE-2012 book and compile books on Engineering & Industry in Myanmar.
• Due to the pandemic and Saya’s demise, the project is in limbo.

Miscellaneous

Jubilees

• RU Silver Jubilee was delayed due to the War.
• RU Diamond Jubilee was held in 1995

Centennial Celebrations

• St. Paul’s High School in 1960
• Bogyoke Aung San in 2015

• U Thant

• U Thein Han (Zawgyi)
• U Wun (Minthuwun)
• U Khin Maung Latt
• Daw Khin Myo Chit
• Dr. Maung Maung Kha
• U San Tha Aung
• Burmese / Myanmar Movies in 2020
• RUBC in 2023