Aung San

Also known as General Aung San, Bogyoke Aung San

Burmese revolutionary leader (1915-1947)

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Aung San was a Burmese author who lived from 1915 to 1947. His literary output includes works such as *Burma's challenge*, *Builʻ khyupʻ ʾOṅʻ Chanʻʺ e* rhāʺ pāʺ minʻʹ khvanʻʺ myāʺ*, and *ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ mi sāʺ cu*. Other titles attributed to him include *Builʻ khyupʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ reʺ sāʺ so Phakʻchacʻ toʻ lhanʻ reʺ samuiṅʻʺ* and *Builʻ khyupʻ e* Builʻ khyupʻ*.

Records indicate that Aung San is associated with five works in one database and ten works in another. He has been referenced by 416 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1911
Died: 1947
Works: 10

Top works

Builʻ khyupʻ ʾOṅʻ Chanʻʺ e* rhāʺ pāʺ minʻʹ khvanʻʺ myāʺ
ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ mi sāʺ cu
Burma's challenge, 1946
Builʻ khyupʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ reʺ sāʺ so Phakʻchacʻ toʻ lhanʻ reʺ samuiṅʻʺ
Builʻ khyupʻ e* Builʻ khyupʻ

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials
· 2016 · cited 7,191x
Global Prevalence of Glaucoma and Projections of Glaucoma Burden through 2040
· 2014 · cited 6,463x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,173x

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Quotes

“It would be consistent and proper for us to join the war for democratic freedom, only if we would likewise be assured that democratic freedom in theory as well as in practice.”
“I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.”
“We cannot bank our hopes on possibilities. We must put our trust in ourselves, in our capabilities and efforts and strength and preparations not only for our success but even to avoid our own defeat.”
“In so far as nationalism inculcates in us a sense of national and social justice which call upon us to fight any system that is oppressive or tyrannical both in our country and the world, there I am completely with nationalism. I hate Imperialism whether British or Japanese or Burmese.”

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~39 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Aung San (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်း, MLCTS: aung hcan:, pronounced [àʊɰ̃ sʰáɰ̃]; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. Aung San is considered to be the founder of modern-day Myanmar and the Tatmadaw (the country's armed forces), and is commonly referred to by the titles "Father of the Nation", "Father of Independence", and "Father of the Tatmadaw".

Devoted to ending British Colonial rule in Burma, Aung San founded or was closely associated with many Burmese political groups and movements and explored various schools of political thought throughout his life. He was a life-long anti-imperialist and studied socialism as a student. In his first year of university he was elected to the executive committee of the Rangoon University Students' Union and served as the editor of its newspaper. He joined the Thakin Society in 1938 and served as its general secretary. He also helped establish the Communist Party of Burma in 1939 but quit shortly afterwards due to vehement disagreements with the rest of the party leadership. He subsequently co-founded the People's Revolutionary Party (later the Burma Socialist Party) with the primary goal of Burmese independence from the British.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aung San” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.