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16 November 1920 - 1929
Pantanaw National Day 1929
16 November 1920 was Burma's first "National Day". It marked the student boycott of 1920 against the Rangoon University Act of that year. The Rangoon University Act was intended to establish a very exclusive Cambridge/Oxford style residential university in Rangoon. Student demonstrations against the Act were also more generally a protest against the colonial education policies. The protests led to the establishment of a "National College" (which did not last) and "National Schools". This was, at a time of fast-rising...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.