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Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. Aung San is considered to be the founder of modern-day Myanmar and the Tatmadaw, and is commonly referred to by the titles "Father of the Nation", "Father of Independence", and…
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politics · Burmese independence activist (1915–1947) · politician · military personnel · national hero · also Aung San, General Aung San, Bogyoke Aung San, San
Born 13 February 1915 · Died 19 July 1947 · Q194161
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“s guerrilla fight against the British, but that he would cooperate with them for tactical reasons. After the Kandy Conference, he reorganized his formally disbanded soldiers as a paramilitary organization the People”
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Taipei Times: Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi
Associated Press: Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN's call to free Aung San Suu Kyi and questions the need for an envoy
Eagle-Tribune: Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN's call to free Aung San Suu Kyi and questions the need for an envoy - Eagle-Tribune
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aung San Suu Kyi - Burmese Politician, Nobel Laureate, Activist
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India Today: Myanmar rejects ASEAN call for Aung San Suu Kyi's unconditional release
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aung San Suu Kyi - Burmese Activist, Nobel Laureate, Democracy
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Human Rights Research Center | HRRC: Myanmar Releases First Verified Images of Detained Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
eng.mizzima.com: ASEAN chair calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release after ICRC meeting
Yahoo: Myanmar's detained Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Red Cross official
BBC: Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Leaked CCTV footage of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting China's foreign minister.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Recent video of Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer saying she is in good health.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Recent photo of Aung San Suu Kyi” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Aung San Suu Kyi in a prison cell” Altered image.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Photo of jailed ex-PM of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi” FALSE.
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The Quint rated the claim “Aung San Suu Kyi seen crying on being detained during the military coup in Myanmar” False.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Picture shows NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi crying after she got detained in the recent military coup in Myanmar” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Aung San Suu Kyi being detained during a military coup on February 1, 2021” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photos show Aung San Suu Kyi as a young woman?” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi lost her seat in the Myanmar election on November 8, 2020.” Misleading.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Facebook posts claim that Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been recognised by 43 countries as “mother of the world”.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video claims that it shows Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivering a speech about the upcoming 2020 general election.” False.
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The Myanmar parliament voted 286–107 in favor of reinstating Aung San's image
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
When the government replaced his picture with scenes of Burmese life, possibly in an attempt to decrease the popularity of his daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San's wife Daw Khin Kyi died on 27 December 1988.
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Against the military dictatorship, many protesters carried posters of Aung San as symbols of their movement
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The Burmese military, led by Ne Win, overthrew the civilian government in a coup and instituted military rule
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Died 1947-07-19.
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Burma would join the British Commonwealth (like Canada and Australia), though its government would have the option to leave; its government would control the Burmese Army once Allied armies had withdrawn; a constitutiona
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In order to negotiate the conditions of Burmese independence
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And 19 July was designated Martyrs' Day, a public holiday
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Aung San's youngest daughter, Aung San Chit, born in September 1946, died on 26 September 1946, the same day Aung San got into the Governor's Executive Council, a few days after her birth.
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Aung San met and married Khin Kyi, and around the same time, her sister met and married Thakin Than Tun, the Communist leader
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While he was War Minister in 1942, Aung San met and married Khin Kyi, and around the same time, her sister met and married Thakin Than Tun, the Communist leader.
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But quit shortly afterwards due to vehement disagreements with the rest of the party leadership
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Aung San was briefly arrested on the grounds of conspiring to overthrow the government by force, but was released after seventeen days
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Became the president of both the All Burma Student Union and the Rangoon University Student Union, but his pursuit of these commitments did not leave him enough time to study, and he failed his examination in 1938
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In which he was elected general secretary
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And received his Bachelor of Arts in 1937
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After the student strike was over, he was elected the vice president of the Rangoon University Student Union
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Born 1915-02-13.
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Bo Min Yaung became angry, and made up his mind to resist the British
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