Category: Broadcast

by Hla Min

Updated : 5th October 2025

Video Broadcast on January 8, 2021

Introduction

• Private Boundary Road School
  Daw Ku Paw, Daw Kywe, Daw Yi Yi, Daw Khin Khin Aye
• St. Paul’s High School
  Ms. A Benjamin, Mrs. V Boudville, Ms. Amelia Kyi (Miss Hong Kong), Brother Xavier, Brother Austin
• I.Sc. (A)
  Daw Tinsa Maw-Naing, Daw Khin Khin Kyi
• 2nd BE
  Mr. Des Rodgers (Primary), Sao Kan Gyi, U Khin, U Win Mra

Saya Des

Saya Des

• Our main English Teacher in our 2nd BE Class in 1964 – 65.
• Chief Editor of the RIT English Association Newsletter.
• Core organizer of debates (in English) between 1st BE and 2nd BE students.
  e.g. “Money is the Root of All Evils”
          “Are we happier than our forefathers?”
• Played on the RIT Saya soccer team.
• Accomplished musician : guitarist and vocalist, a regular on the BBS Variety Show.
  Would often play with Saya U Win Mra (Burma’s Elvis Presley in his younger days).
• Won Singles and Doubles tournaments in Scrabble.
  Held at Guardian, YMCA and RIT.

• Did post-graduate studies in the UK.
• Moved to Canada.
• Taught “English as a Specialty Language” and other English courses.
• Set up a consultancy firm
• Published a book on English words that have been “selected” from contemporary news media and magazines. I helped catch some typos (which would go into an amendment).
• Conducted on-line courses to students (mostly outside Canada).
• Published two books.

• The first book selected words from the contemporary publications (news media and magazines), provided definitions and usage.
  Synonyms and antonyms are given.
• Sent his book by air mail.
  Sadly, I received only the envelope.
  So he sent a second time using registered/insured option.
  The mailing costs are prohibitive.
  Cost more than the sales price of the book.
• E-mailed back typos in the book to Saya.
  They will be corrected in a future edition.

Related Posts

• Memories of PBRS
• Memories of SPHS
• Articles on RIT English
  by Saya Des
• RIT English Sayas and Sayamas
  by Saya U Khin
• Scrabble
• RIT Saya Soccer Team
  by Saya U Soe Paing

by Hla Min

Updated : 5th October 2026

Video Broadcast on January 16, 2021

Nobel Prize

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Medicine
• Literature
• Peace

Awards (considered equivalent to Nobel Prize)

• “Nobel Prize in” Economics
• ACM Turing Award (in Computing)
• Field Medal (in Mathematics)

Prizes at School

• Highest score in a test or examination
• Prize for reciting poems (e.g. Mingalar Kabyar)
• Prize for good handwriting
• Prize for good behavior
• Prize for sports events
• Collegiate Scholarship (for top students in Matriculation examination)

Rangoon University Boat Club (RUBC)

• In the early days, RUBC awarded cups to the winning teams.

• The President of the Union of Burma donated the “President’s Challenge Cup for Inter-Club Eights.”
  In the inaugural competition, RUBC beat the combined team of Calcutta Lake Club and Calcutta University Rowing Club.
• The Prime Minister of the Union of Burma donated the “Prime Minister’s Challenge Cup for Inter-Club Fours.”
• The Challenge Cups are listed in the commemorative issue for the 90th Anniversary for the founding of RUBC.
• Sir Arthur Eggar donated a Pewter Cup for the Senior Novices.
  The Senior Novice Winners receive a brooch.
• Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in the latter days.
  For obvious reasons, the medals are plated.
  P. Orr Tun Yin was a primary supplier of the cups and medals.
  U Hla Din and sons became the secondary source.

Soccer

• For World Cup, there was Jules Rimet Trophy.
• For soccer in Burma, there was “Dunlop Shield (Daing)”

Number of Medals

• In some competitions, the two losing semi-finalists are awarded Joint Third prize.
  So, the number of bronze medals can be higher than the number of gold medals.
• Due to the introduction of tie-breakers in most sports, we rarely have joint champions.
  In a few instances (e.g. the clock cannot discriminate the two winners), two gold medals were awarded to the joint champions.

Miscellaneous

• Fellowship
• Lifetime Achievement Awards
• National Awards
• Literary Awards

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Video Broadcast

In December 1920, there were three significant events.

• On December 1, 1920, Rangoon University was established with Rangoon College and Judson College as the constituent colleges. The colleges are also known by other names (e.g. Government College, Baptist College)
• On December 5, 1920, the First RU Students’ Strike took place. They protested the 1920 Rangoon University Act as too narrow and restrictive.
• On December 26, 1920, Saya U Ba Toke was born as a Phwa Bet Taw of the above two.

Rangoon University (RU)

• Initially had three Faculties and eight departments (including Law)
• Initially had six professors
• RU gradually extended its offerings (beyond Science and Arts)
• The opening of engineering classes was planned around 1923 and executed in 1924.
• In 1927, the first batch of engineering students (who had Bachelors degree) graduated with the “accelerated courses” option.
• In 1928, the second batch of engineering students (who joined after finishing the I.Sc.) graduated.
• RU was closed from 1942 to 45.
  RU Silver Jubilee was celebrated much later (and without high key).
• RU celebrated the Golden Jubilee (GJ) in 1970. Dr. Aung Gyi (Professor of Civil Engineering) and U Thet Lwin (Burmese saya at the Institute of Economics) were some of the GJ organizers. The RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins took part in the GJ Entertainment Program as “Swel Daw Yeik Troupe“.
  The term “Swel Daw Yeik” became synonymous with RIT [its predecessors and its successors]. Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint (စွယ်တော်ရိပ်အငြိမ့် with Minthamees မင်းသမီး and Lu Shwin Daws လူရွှင်တော်), Htee Yein (ထီးယိမ်း RIT Belles with colorful Parasols) and Da Bin Daing Ah Ka (တပင်တိုင်အက) were hits at the GJ celebration.
  I was a volunteer member of the “Zay Nay Yar Cha Hta Yay” subcommittee headed by Saya U Hla Tun Aung (Geography). Those who applied for stalls and/or stage included Actor Maung Maung Tar (promoting his make up) and the then amateur band “Playboys” requesting a high stage (for security concerns).
  
• RU celebrated the Diamond Jubilee in 1995.
  
• RU celebrated the “Yar Pyie Ah Kyo” in December 2019. The opening song was “Mya Kyun Nyo” composed by Maung Ngwe Hlinne (Saya U Thet Lwin).
  
• RU Centennial Celebrations were planned for November and December of 2020.
  Due to the pandemic, many events were held virtually.
  Kyemon and Myanar Ah Lin newspapers featured articles about RU. The TV stations featured interviews, songs …

First RU Students’ Strike

• Eleven “senior” students led the Boycott of the Rangoon University Act of 1920.
• They were unhappy with the restrictions of the RU Act and decided to hold a boycott (strike) on December 7, 1920.
• Due to a news leak, the protests were moved to December 5, 1920.
• The strike resulted in the establishment of Amyotha Kyaung (National Schools) and Amyotha Kaw Leik (National College). The event is celebrated as Ah Myo Tha Aung Pwe Nay (National Day).
  The Burmese date (10th Waning day of Tazaungmon) is used for the Celebration.
• Arzani U Razak was an early graduate of the National College. He served as Principal of a National School in Mandalay. He became Minister of Education in Bogyoke Aung San’s cabinet.
• Prime Minister U Nu, United Nations Secretary General U Thant and Ahmyotha Pyinnya Wun / Educator / Writer U Po Kyar are notable sayas from the National Schools.
• The boycott was responsible for the amendments to the RU Act. e.g. opening of schools for engineering and medicine,
• A pillar was set up on Shwe Dagon Pagoda in memory of the Boycott.

Sayagyi U Ba Toke (Dec 26, 1920 – Dec 2, 2020)

• He is one of the oldest and senior sayas. Some senior sayas (e.g. Daw Hla May / Anne Sine) passed away in early 2020.
• Received A.M (Master of Arts in Mathematics) from Harvard University.
• Served as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer and Professor of Mathematics at RU and RASU.
• Promoted to Rector, MASU.
• With his own volition, he transferred to RIT as Professor of (Engineering) Mathematics.
• As a Saya of engineering sayas (e.g. Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun and U Khin Aung Kyi), he was invited to attend SPZP-2000 and give a speech.
• Saya attended all SPZPs except SPZP-2002 (which he had to forgo due to Sayagadaw’s health).
• Played Chinlon and Soccer.
• Co-chair of RU Sports Council
  Managed the Soccer program.
• Headed the Burmese delegation to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
• Until his 80s, Saya was active
  (e.g. walk to Shwe Dagon Pagoda with his dhamma friends).
• In his 90s, Saya had physical limitations, but his mental faculty was strong as ever.
• Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, GBNF) interviewed Saya.
  Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing) transcribed the tapes. The book covering Sayagyi’s Life Journey was published by the RU Thin Char Mi Thar Su for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.
• Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy.

Two Sayagyis

• Pu Zaw Pwe (PZP) — paying homage to mentors — is a noble tradition. They are also known as Saya Pu Zaw Pwe and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe.
• There have been micro-PZPs, mini-PZPs and grand PZPs.
• Saya U Ba Than (born on October 2, 1930) usually visits and pay homage to his saya Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.

Paying homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke

• During my visits to Yangon, I paid homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
• On one visit, Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy of “Life Journey of Mathematics Professor Sayagyi U Ba Toke”.
  The book was written by Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, GBNF) based on his interviews with Sayagyi U Ba Toke. It also covers the early Thin Char Sayagyis. The book was published by Rangoon University Thin Char Mi Thar Su for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.

• In January 2017, Pansy Ba Toke (Thynn Thynn, ChE 74) asked her son-in-law and daughter to pick up Sayagyi U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me at Winner Inn to see her father Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
  Sayagyi had some problems with mobility and vision, but his mind remains crisp and clear.
• Pansy was a member of the Swel Daw Yeik “Htee Yein” at the Rangoon University Golden Jubilee in 1970.She has offered transportation to the Sayas who want to visit her father.
• Sayagyi sometimes defer celebrating his birthday so that his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren — far and near — could join the celebration.
• Sayagyi is pre-deceased by
  his beloved spouse, his second son (Soe Win, 6th out of his 8 children) and his second daughter (Kitty, 3rd out of his 8 children)

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Video Broadcast on January 7, 2021

Commonly Asked Questions

မေးခွန်း ခြောက် ခု

• Who
• To whom
• When
• Where
• Why
• How

Sixth Buddhist Council

ဆဌသံဂါယနာ

• Questions by Mahasi Sayadaw
• Reply by Mingun Tipitaka Sayadaw

Miscellaneous အထွေထွေ

• How and Why I created the Site hlamin.com
• Rudyard Kipling
• Guideline for reporters
• Feasibility studies
• Plan of operation : Implementation

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Video Broadcast

In December 1920, there were three significant events.

• On December 1, 1920, Rangoon University ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် was established with Rangoon College ရန်ကုန်ကာလိပ် and Judson College ဂျပ်ဆင်ကောလိပ် as the constituent colleges.
  The colleges are also known by other names (e.g. Government College, Baptist College)
• On December 5, 1920, the First RU Students’ Strike ပထမ ရန်ကုန် တက္ပသိုလ် ကျောင်းသား သပိတ် took place.
  They protested the 1920 Rangoon University Act ဥပဒေ as too narrow and restrictive.
• In December 1920, Saya U Ba Toke ဆရာ ဦးဘတုတ် was born as a Phwa Bet Taw ဖွားဘက်တော် of the above two.
  For some reason, there is a discrepancy between Saya’s official DOB (Date of Birth) and true DOB.

Rangoon University (RU)

• Initially had three Faculties မဟာဌာန and eight departments ဌာန (including Law)
• Initially had six professors ပါမောက္ခ
• RU gradually extended its offerings (beyond Science သိပ္ပံ and Arts ဝိဇ္ဇာ).
• In particular, the opening of engineering အင်ဂျင်နီယာ classes was planned around 1923 and executed in 1924.
• In 1927, the first batch of engineering students (who had Bachelors degree) graduated with the “accelerated courses” option.
• In 1928, the second batch of engineering students (who joined after finishing the I.Sc.) graduated.
• RU was closed from 1942 to 45.
  RU Silver Jubilee was not celebrated as a high-key event.
• RU celebrated the Golden Jubilee (GJ) ရွှေရတု in 1970.
  Dr. Aung Gyi (ဒေါက်တာ အောင် ကြီး Professor of Civil Engineering မြို့ပြအင်ဂျင်နီယာပါမောက္ခ) and U Thet Lwin (ဦးသက်လွင် Burmese saya at the Institute of Economics စီးပွါးရေူတက္ကသိုလ်) were some of the GJ organizers.
  The RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတတက္ကသိုလ် အနုပညာရှင်များ took part in the GJ Entertainment Program as “Swel Daw Yeik Troupe စွယ်တော်ရိပ် အငြိမ့်” .
  The term “Swel Daw Yeik” became synonymous with RIT [its predecessors and its successors].
  Swel Daw Yeik Ah Nyeint (with Minthamees မင်းသမီး and Lu Shwin Daws လူရွှင်တော်) and Htee Yein (ထီး ယိမ်း RIT Belles with colorful Parasols) were hits at the GJ celebration.
  I was a volunteer member of the “Zay Nay Yar Cha Hta Yay စျေး နေရာချ ထားရေး subcommittee headed by Saya U Hla Tun Aung (ဦးလှထွန်းအောင် Geography ပထဝီ).
  Those who applied for stalls and/or stage included Actor Maung Maung Tar (မောင်မောင်တာ promoting his make up) and the then amateur band “Playboys” တီးဝိုင်း requesting a “high” stage (for security concerns).
  
• RU celebrated the Diamond Jubilee စိန်ရတု in 1995.
  
• RU celebrated the “Yar Pyie Ah Kyo” ရာပြည့် အကြို in December 2019.
  The opening song was “Mya Kyun Nyo” မြကျွန်းညိုညို composed by Tekkatho Maung Ngwe Hlinne (တက္ကသိုလ် မောင်ငွေလှိုုင်း Saya U Thet Lwin).
  
• RU Centennial Celebrations were planned for November and December of 2020.
  Due to the pandemic, many events were held virtually.
  Kyemon ကြေးမုံ and Myanar Ah Lin မြန်မာ့အလင်း newspapers သတင်းစာ featured articles about RU.
  The TV stations featured interviews, songs …

First RU Students’ Strike

• Eleven “senior” students led the Boycott of the Rangoon University Act of 1920.
  
• They were unhappy with the restrictions of the RU Act and decided to hold a boycott (strike) on December 7, 1920.
  
• Due to a news leak, the protests were moved to December 5, 1920.
  
• The strike resulted in the establishment of Amyotha Kyaung (အမျိုးသားကျောင်း National Schools) and Amyotha Kaw Leik (အမျိြးသားကောလိပ် National College).
  The event is celebrated as Ah Myo Tha Aung Pwe Nay (အမျိုးသားျအာင်ပွဲနေ့ National Day).
  The Burmese date (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ် 10th Waning day of Tazaungmon တန်ဆောင်မုန်းလပြည့် ကျော် / လဆုတ် ဆယ် ရက် is used for the Celebration.
  
• Arzani U Razak was an early graduate of the National College. He served as Principal of a National School in Mandalay.
  He became Minister of Education in Bogyoke Aung San’s cabinet.
  
• Prime Minister U Nu (ဦးနု), United Nations Secretary General U Thant (ဦးသန့်) and Ahmyotha Pyinnya Wun / Educator / Writer U Po Kyar (အမျိုးသား ပညာဝန် ဦးဖိုးကျား) are notable sayas from the National Schools.
  
• The boycott was responsible for the amendments ပြင်ဆင်ချက် to the RU Act.
  e.g. opening of schools for engineering and medicine,
  
• A pillar ကျောက်တိုင် was set up on Shwe Dagon Pagoda in memory of the Boycott.

Sayagyi U Ba Toke (Dec 26, 1920 – Dec 2, 2020)

• He is one of the oldest and senior sayas.
  Some senior sayas (e.g. Anne Sine) passed away in early 2020.
  
• Received A.M (Master of Arts in Mathematics) မဟာဝိဇ္ဇာ ဘွဲ့ from Harvard University ဟားဗတ်တက္ကသိုလ်
• Served as Assistant Lecturer လက်ထောက်ကထိက, Lecturer ကထိက and Professor ပါမောက္ခ of Mathematics သင်္ချာ at RU ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် and RASU ရန်ကုန် ဝိဇ္ဇာ / သိပ္ပံ တက္ကသိုလ်
• Promoted to Rector ပါမောက္ခချုပ်, MASU မန္တလေး ဝိဇ္ဇာ / သိပ္ပံ တက္ကသိုလ်
• With his own volition, he transferred to RIT ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် as Professor of (Engineering) Mathematics.
  
• As a Saya of engineering sayas (e.g. Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun and U Khin Aung Kyi), he was invited to attend SPZP-2000 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ and give a speech.
• Saya attended all SPZPs except SPZP-2002 (which he had to forgo due to Sayagadaw’s health).
  
• Played Chinlon ခြင်းလုံး and Soccer ဘော်လုံး
• Co-chair of RU Sports Council
  အားကစား ကောင်စီ Managed the Soccer program.
• Headed the Burmese delegation မြန်မာအားကစားအဖွဲ့ to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo တိုကျို အိုလံပစ်
• Until his 80s, Saya was active သွက်လက် လှုပ်ရှား
  (e.g. walk to Shwe Dagon Pagoda ရွှေတိဂုံ ဘုရား with his dhamma friends).
• In his 90s, Saya had physical limitations, but his mental faculty was strong as ever.
  
• Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (ဒေါက်တာ ခင်မောင်ဆွေ Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, တက္ကသိုလ် မောင်သင်္ချာ GBNF ကွယ်လွန်) interviewed Saya.
  Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (ဆရာမ ဒေါ်မြင့်မြင့်ခိုင် daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing အာဇာနည် မန်းဘခိုင်) transcribed the tapes.
  The book covering Sayagyi’s Life Journey was published by the RU Thin Char Mi Thar Su ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် သင်္ချာ မိသညးစု for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.
  
• Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy.

Two Sayagyis

• Pu Zaw Pwe (PZP) — paying homage to mentors — is a noble tradition.
  They are also known as Saya Pu Zaw Pwe and Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe.
  
• There have been micro-PZPs, mini-PZPs and grand PZPs.
  
• Saya U Ba Than (born on October 2, 1930) usually visits and pay homage to his saya Sayagyi U Ba Toke at least once every year.
  

Paying homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke

• During my visits to Yangon, I paid homage to Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
  
• On one visit, Sayagyi gave me an autographed copy of “Life Journey of Mathematics Professor Sayagyi U Ba Toke”.
  The book was written by Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, GBNF) based on his interviews with Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
  It also covers the early Thin Char Sayagyis.
  The book was published by Rangoon University Thin Char Mi Thar Su for Sayagyi’s 80th birthday.

• In January 2017, Pansy Ba Toke (Thynn Thynn, ChE 74) asked her son-in-law and daughter to pick up Sayagyi U Ba Than, Saya U Tin Htut and me at Winner Inn to see her father Sayagyi U Ba Toke.
  Sayagyi had some problems with mobility and vision, but his mind remains crisp and clear.
  
• Pansy was a member of the Swel Daw Yeik “Htee Yein” at the Rangoon University Golden Jubilee in 1970. She has offered transportation to the Sayas who want to visit her father.
  
• Sayagyi sometimes defer celebrating his birthday so that his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren — far and near — could join the celebration.
  
• Sayagyi is pre-deceased by
  his beloved spouse, his second son (Soe Win, 6th out of his 8 children) and his second daughter (Kitty, 3rd out of his 8 children)

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Broadcast on November 4, 2020

Early times

• Christian Name
• Surname

Later

• First and Last Names
• First, Middle and Last Names — Middle Initial; Some systems use “X” for no Middle Name
• Hyphenated Names —Spanish / Mexicans combine their parents’ name
• Clan Name
• Family Name
• Religious Name
• Name for Priest / Monk

A name may have a meaning

• AnandaThuriya အနန္တသူရိယ : Man of infinite valor
• Thant သန့် : Clean / Pure / Pristine
• Fitz, Mac, Mc : Son of

Naming conventions

vary with culture, place …

My name has been mis-spelled and mis-pronounced as

• HAL
• LA
• LAH
• HALA
• MINH
• MING

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Broadcast on November 10, 2020

Naming conventions

Disciplines
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry

Towns / Cities
Roads / Streets
Examinations / Awards

by Hla Min

Updated : 4th October 2026

Broadcast on November 11, 2020

Computer names

ENIAC
EDSAC
EDVAC

Company names

IBM
ICL
Cisco
Apple
Google

Product names

iPod
iPad
iPhone

Miscellaneous

April
May
June

Aryu အာယု
Wunna ဝဏ္ဏ
Thukha သုခ
Bala ဗလ

Kan ကံ
Nyan ဥာဏ်
Viriya ဝီရိယ

by Hla Min

Updated : 3rd October 2026

Broadcast on November 12, 2020

Gold / Golden

• Gold Reserve (to back Currency)
• Gold Medal (First prize)
• Golden Fleece (Mythology)
• Golden State (California)
• Golden Gate (Heaven, Bridge)
• Golden Treasury (Poems)
• Golden Boot (Top Scorer, World Cup)
• Golden Ball (Goalkeeper, World Cup)
• Golden Ball (Best player, Soccer)
• Golden Glove (Boxing)
• Golden Glove (Baseball)
• Golden Touch (Midas)
• Golden Goose / Egg (Fairy tale)
• RUBC Gold (Club Selection)
• Golden Sponsor (Saya Pu Zaw Pwe)
• Life time Gold (Bridge …)

University

Usually has constituent Colleges

Early universities in Europe and UK

• Oxford University
• Cambridge University
• London University
• …

Universities in the USA

• State sponsored
• City sponsored
• Private Universities
• Stanford
• Harvard
• Yale
• …

Rangoon University

• Rangoon College
• Judson College
• (later) Mandalay College — became Mandalay University

Institute

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Engineering & Technology
• later — many disciplines
• Economics
• Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology

• Five (or so) campuses

Asian Institute of Technology

• Several Burmese are alumni

Burma Institute of Technology

• Faculty of Engineering, RU moved to Gyogone Campus in 1961 – 62
• Became Rangoon Institute of Technology (with own Rector) in November 1964
• YIT : due to renaming of Rangoon with Yangon
• YTU : Yangon Technology University

Institute of Computer Science and Technology

• Successor of UCC, Rangoon and DCS
• Started offering B.Sc in Computer Science and Computer Technology
• Evolved into UCSY (University of Computer Studies, Yangon)

by Hla Min

Updated : 3rd October 2026

Broadcast on November 13, 2020

NASA

Mercury Project : One astronaut
Gemini Project : Two astronauts
Apollo Project : Three astronauts

Space Shuttle

Sky Lab

Nobel Prize

Chemistry
Physics
Medicine
Literature
Peace

Other Disciplines

(Nobel Prize for) Economics

ACM Turing Award

Field’s Medal (for Mathematics)

Miscellaneous

Changes in Naming Systems

Cinema / Movies

Comics / Cartoons

Ah Nu Pyinnya