Category: Pioneer

Burmans noted for being First in their field

Based in part on the compilation of Sayagyi Minthuwun (Eminent Scholar and Laureate Poet) ျမန္မာ့ ပထမဆံုး စံျပ ပုဂိၢဳလ္ေက်ာ္မ်ား• President of the Union of Burma ၁။ပထမဆံုးသမၼတ=စ၀္ေရႊသိုက္ ။ (1) Sao Shwe Thaik served as the first President of the Union of Burma. Burma gained Independence on January 4, 1948. He […]

Firsts in Burma

President of the Union of Burma Prime Minister of the Union of Burma Medical doctor to study medicine in the West Compilers of the English-Burmese Dictionary Science and Technology Author Ahmyotha Kaw Leik (National College) Graduate Engineer Political prisoner Social Service Performer Actor Producer and director Best Male […]

Burmans

Aung San I wrote the following for Bogyoke Aung San’s Centennial Celebration in the San Francisco Bay Area. AUNG SAN (February 13, 1915 – July 19, 1947) AUNG A — Architect of Burma’s Independence; He signed the Aung San – Atlee Agreement. It led to the Nu — […]

U Kyaw Myint

Introduction by Hla Min U Kyaw Myint had a checkered life with a a series of setbacks and victories. His life is brilliantly recounted by his son Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint. (See the following sections). Several readers have compared the accounts as befitting a romantic novel or […]