Thakin Mya Explained

Thakin Mya
Office1:Minister of Home Affairs
Primeminister1:Aung San
Term Start1:September 1946
Term End1:10 June 1947
Office2:Minister of Finance
Primeminister2:Aung San
Term Start2:10 June 1947
Term End2:19 July 1947
Predecessor2:U Tin Tut
Successor2:U Tin Tut
Birth Date:7 October 1897
Birth Place:Htonbo, Pyay District, British Burma
Death Place:Yangon, British Burma
Resting Place:Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar
Party:AFPFL
Alma Mater:University of Rangoon
Education:BSc, LLB
Profession:Lawyer

Thakin Mya (Burmese: သခင်မြ, in Burmese pronounced as /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.

Notes and References

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