Nu,commonly known as U Nu and also by the honorific name Thakin Nu,was a leading Burmese statesman and nationalist politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Burma under the provisions of the 1947 Constitution of the Union of Burma,from 4 January 1948 to 12 June 1956,again from 28 February 1957 to 28 October 1958,and finally from 4 April 1960 to 2 March 1962.
The Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) was the dominant political alliance in Burma from 1945 to 1958. It consisted of political parties and mass and class organizations.
Walter 'Wally' James Westmore was a make-up artist for Hollywood films.
Ba Swe was the second Prime Minister of Burma. He was a leading Burmese politician during the decade after the country gained its independence from Britain in 1948. He held the position of prime minister from 12 June 1956 to 28 February 1957. When Ba Swe became prime minister,Time magazine reported the news in an article titled:'The Day of the Tiger' based on his nickname 'Big Tiger' since his university days in the 1930s as a student leader.
Hilary Adair Marquand,was a British economist and Labour Party politician.
The Panglong Conference,held in February 1947,was a historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan,Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San,head of the interim Burmese government. Aung Zan Wai,Pe Khin,Bo Hmu Aung,Sir Maung Gyi,Dr. Sein Mya Maung and Myoma U Than Kywe were among the negotiators of the historical Panglong Conference who negotiated with Bamar representative General Aung San and other ethnic leaders in 1947. All these leaders unanimously decided to join the Union of Burma. On the agenda was the united struggle for independence from Britain and the future of Burma after independence as a unified independent republic.
The Burma Muslim Congress (BMC) was a Muslim political party in Burma.
Edwin Forrest Taylor was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades,from silents through talkies to the advent of color films.
Thakin Lwin was a Burmese politician and trade unionist,writer and journalist. He was a leading member of the anti-colonial Dobama Asiayone movement,a parliamentarian,the president of the Trade Union Congress (Burma) and a prominent leader of the Burma Workers and Peasants Party.
Robert Kenneth Christy was an American television,film,and radio character actor.
Frank Reppy Wilcox was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television series,as well as Broadway plays.
Pe Khin was a Burmese diplomat. He was one of the main negotiators at the Panglong Conference in Burma and the architect of the historical Panglong Agreement.
Antal Apró was a Hungarian Communist politician,who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1971 and 1984.
Bo Let Ya was a Burmese military officer and a member of the legendary Thirty Comrades who fought for Burma's independence from Britain. He also served as the 2nd Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Union of Burma and Deputy Prime Minister of Burma.
Thakin Kyaw Tun,or Thakin Kyaw Dun was a Burmese politician.
Kyaw Nyein,called honorifically U Kyaw Nyein,was a Burmese lawyer and anti-colonial revolutionary,a leader in Burma’s struggle for independence and prominent politician in the first decade after the country gained sovereignty from Britain. He held multiple minister portfolios in the government of Prime Minister U Nu,served as General Secretary of the ruling political alliance,Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL),and was joint General Secretary of the Burma Socialist Party (BSP).
The communist insurgency in Burma was waged primarily by the Communist Party of Burma and the Communist Party (Burma) from 1948 to 1989. The conflict ended when the CPB,severely weakened by an internal mutiny,disbanded its armed wing.
The Union Party was the ruling political party in Burma in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Formed by a split in the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League,it was initially known as the Clean Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League or Nu-Tin faction.
Maung Maung (18 April 1920 - 8 July 2009) was a Burmese army brigadier,diplomat and author. He was one of the founders of the Anti-Fascist People's' Freedom League (AFPFL) and The Burma Socialist Party.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Organov was a Soviet politician and statesman,Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1959–62). Member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU for the RSFSR (1961-1962). He was a member of the special NKVD troika of the USSR.
