U Nu

U Nu was a Burmese independence leader and politician who served as prime minister of Burma during much of its parliamentary period after independence.

Aung San: A Burmese nationalist leader who helped negotiate independence from Britain before his assassination in 1947. Nu succeeded Aung San as a leading figure in the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League.
University of Rangoon: A public university in Rangoon, founded in 1920 and central to Burma’s modern intellectual and political life. Nu studied there and joined student activism that launched his political career.
Independence of Burma: The end of British colonial rule in Burma on 4 January 1948 and the establishment of an independent republic. Nu became prime minister at independence and led the new state through its first years.
Parliamentary democracy in Burma: The multiparty constitutional system under which Burma was governed from independence in 1948 until the 1962 coup. Nu was its longest-serving prime minister and a leading advocate of parliamentary rule.
British rule in Burma: The colonial administration through which Britain governed Burma from the nineteenth century until independence in 1948. Nu’s career began in opposition to British colonial authority.
U Ba Swe: A Burmese politician and trade-union leader who served as prime minister from 1956 to 1957. Ba Swe was a senior AFPFL rival who took over the premiership from Nu.
Burmese nationalism: A political movement promoting Burmese self-government and national identity, especially under British colonial rule. Nu’s public life grew within the nationalist campaign for independence.
Union of Burma: The independent Burmese republic established in 1948, later renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. Nu’s premiership unfolded within the new republic’s fragile institutions.
Burmese Constitution of 1947: The constitution that established Burma’s parliamentary republic at independence in 1948. It set the institutional framework within which Nu’s governments operated.
Japanese occupation of Burma: The occupation of Burma by Japan and its allies from 1942 to 1945 during the Second World War. The occupation disrupted colonial rule and became a turning point in the independence struggle Nu joined.

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