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1879 - 1951
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.