Unfortunate for the country and the generations yet to come that the usurping generals are distorting Burma’s history by obliterating what they deemed best for them.
Since March 2, 1962 Burma Army rules the country illegally. Burma Army was constituted according to the Constitution adopted in 1947. Once that Constitution was abrogated, Burma Army automatically became a band of armed banditos.
The struggles to obtain independence from the British and from the Japanese are no small play, and, it is part and parcel of Burma whether one wants to recognize.
A long history of gradual progress in the political movement is something we ought to honor and cherish. Beginning with religious activity and then gradually developed into student activism, which later became the catalyst of the political movement and ultimately created an independence sovereign State.
In this struggles the role of Ko Aung San can never be obliterated, no-matter-what! As the Editor in Chief of Ou: Wei [The Cry of Peacock] he defied the British authorities.
(click on image for larger picture)
He had support of many student leaders who cooperated with him to remove the shackles of the British.
A few more glimpses of Ko Aung San before he took up armed struggles against the British.
-
Ko Aung San took up armed struggles against the British under the aegis of the Japanese Imperial Army.
The group photo with Comrades and Collaborators. Thirty Comrades marched in into Burma with the Japanese Imperial Army through Thailand.
Cooperating with the Japanese hoping that the Japs would give Burma “independence” but found later that it was a sham
Ko Aung San was now the General of the Burma Defense Army. Though independence was essentially on his mind, after all,he also was a human being; so he got married.
Ko Aung San changed sides. He joined hands with the British because, as he explained, British were winning.
Bogyoke, a straight talker, had few friends, but if necessary, he could mingle with people.
As peoples’ leader Bogyoke Aung San dared to walk down the street with no armed guards surrounded him at all.
Bogyoke Aung San, also known as Thakin Aung San along with other AFPFL leaders walked down the street to attend a mass meeting.
Attending function was part of a duty for a leader and Bogyoke Aung San performed well.
With Ko Aung San’s mentor Thakin Nu, they were together, from the students’ days later to the political fiefdom.
Bogyoke Aung San joined the Governor’s Executive Council in preparation for the independence of Burma.
Bogyoke at a Constitution Drafting Committee.
Bogyoke Aung San relentlessly endeavor for the rebuilding of the country.
Bogyoke Aung San at an official function. 
Conferring with the ethnic leaders for independence of Burma.
With an ethnic leader; Bogyoke Aung San worked hand in hand with ethnic leaders that ultimately produced Panlong Agreement.
Bogyoke Aung San’s last public appearance at the Rangoon’s City Hall balcony where Thakin Nu presided the mass meeting just a few days before Bogyoke was assassinated by thugs with British collaboration.
Bogyoke Aung San was the Vice Chairman of the Governor’s Council. The British Government provided a motor vehicle for him. It was a British made, Wesley.
It is our inherent duty to honor the past and serve the future; and, with unswerving resolved we will challenge any attempt by any group in their attempt to distort the history of Burma. With best wishes to you all,
Maung Thar Kyaw
August 25, 2008.
တန္ဘိုးႀကီးလွတဲ့ ဓါတ္ပံုေတြ ရွာရွာေဖြေဖြ တင္
ReplyDeleteျပေပးလို ့ေက်းဇူးတင္လိုက္တာရွင္။
ခင္မင္လ်က္
မသက္ဇင္