The Day Myanmar’s First Prime Minister Met Winston Churchill

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By Wei Yan Aung

As a strong defender of imperialism, Sir Winston Churchill defused any potential tension with U Nu by saying they must bury old animosities.

The Day Aung San Left for India to Discuss Anti-Colonialism

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By Wei Yan Aung

The future independence hero met the leaders of the Indian nationalist movement and argued that armed struggle was essential against British rule.

The Day Myanmar Lost an Influential Cartoonist

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By Wei Yan Aung

On this day in 1953, Myanmar lost the prominent and pioneering cartoonist U Ba Gyan, author of scathing political cartoons and creator of Myanmar’s first animated movie.

12 February 2021 Myanmar’s Panglong Monument Embodies a Promise of Democracy, Autonomy and Equality

2 February 2021 The Day HG Wells Met Writers in Myanmar

28 January 2021 The Day Gen. Aung San Met Ex-Colonial Administrator and Author Maurice Collis

22 January 2021 The Day Britain Moved Its Dead from Shwedagon Pagoda

16 January 2021 The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero Studied Britain’s War Machine

10 January 2021 The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened

7 January 2021 The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero Met Pakistan’s Founder

4 January 2021 The Day Myanmar’s Rebellious Prince Died in Exile

2 January 2021 The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero Met Nehru

28 December 2020 The Day a US Missionary Was Honored for His Contribution to Myanmar’s Farming

20 December 2020 The Day British Colonialists Concluded the Second Anglo-Burmese War

18 December 2020 The Day Myanmar Honored POWs Who Lost Their Lives Building the ‘Death Railway’