Lost Footsteps
Lost Footsteps

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1879 - 1951

The life of U Chit Hlaing
The life of U Chit Hlaing
U Chit Hlaing (1879-1951), barrister and national leader, was once a towering figure in Burmese politics. He could draw enormous crowds and was known as the "Uncrowned King of Burma", before losing influence to a younger generation of politicians in the 1930s. This photograph was taken in London where he was attending the Burma Roundtable Conference chaired by Lord Peel in 1931.

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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.

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