Aung San

Aung San was a Burmese nationalist and military leader who negotiated Burma’s independence from Britain and was assassinated in 1947.

British Burma: The colonial territory administered by Britain in what is now Myanmar from the nineteenth century until independence in 1948. British rule created the political conditions against which Aung San organized.
Burma Independence Army: A Burmese force organized with Japanese support in 1941 to fight British rule. Aung San commanded the army that accompanied Japan’s invasion of Burma.
Assassination of Aung San: The 19 July 1947 murder of Aung San and six members of his executive council in Rangoon. The assassination removed the leading negotiator months before independence.
Japanese occupation of Burma: The period of Japanese military rule in Burma from 1942 to 1945. Aung San’s initial cooperation with Japan preceded his resistance to its occupation.
Dobama Asiayone: A Burmese nationalist organization founded in 1930 that demanded self-rule and promoted the name Thakin for its members. Aung San joined this movement and became one of its leading organizers.
Burma National Army: The Burmese military force formed from the Burma Defence Army and later turned against Japan. Aung San redirected his army from Japanese collaboration toward the Allied side.
U Saw: A Burmese politician convicted of organizing the assassination of Aung San and members of his cabinet. U Saw’s plot ended Aung San’s role in the independence transition.
British reoccupation of Burma: The Allied campaign that expelled Japanese forces and restored British control over Burma in 1945. It restored colonial authority after Aung San had fought first alongside, then against, Japan.
Rangoon University student strike of 1936: A student protest against university regulations that became a major episode in Burmese nationalist politics. Aung San’s role in the strike helped establish him as a nationalist leader.
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League: A Burmese political coalition that led resistance to Japanese rule and the campaign for independence. Aung San helped build the coalition that turned wartime resistance into a national movement.

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