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Thakin Mya

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In this Burmese name, Thakin is an honorific, not a given name.

Thakin Mya
သခင်မြ
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
September 1946 – 10 June 1947
Prime MinisterAung San
Minister of Finance
In office
10 June 1947 – 19 July 1947
Prime MinisterAung San
Preceded byU Tin Tut
Succeeded byU Tin Tut
Personal details
Born(1897-10-07)7 October 1897
Htonbo, Pyay District, British Burma
Died19 July 1947(1947-07-19) (aged 49)
Yangon, British Burma
Resting placeMartyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar
Political partyAFPFL
EducationBSc, LLB
Alma materUniversity of Rangoon
ProfessionLawyer

Thakin Mya (Burmese: သခင်မြ, pronounced [θəkʰɪ̀ɰ̃ mja̰]; 7 October 1897 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Home Affairs and in June 1947 transferred as Minister of Finance in Myanmar's pre-independence government.[1] Mya and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon. He was unofficially considered as Deputy Prime Minister in Aung San 's Cabinet.[2] July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.

The Thakin Mya Park in Yangon is named after Thakin Mya.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1106&context=theses&type=additional [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Tin Naing Toe (18 July 2010). "Brief Biographies of the Martyrs". Bi-Weekly Eleven (in Burmese). Weekly Eleven Publishing Group.
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