Faster access than browser!
36 relations: All Burma Federation of Student Unions, Aung Gyi, Aung San, British rule in Burma, Buddhism in Myanmar, Burmese language, Burmese Way to Socialism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Caretaker government, Chin people, Civil resistance, Communist Party of Burma, Demonstration (protest), Father of the Nation, Heckler & Koch G3, Mandalay University, Myanmar, Myanmar Army, Ne Win, Nonviolent resistance, Post-independence Burma, 1948–62, Power vacuum, Sangha, Sein Lwin, Shan State, Southeast Asia, The Nation, Tin Pe, U Thant funeral crisis, Union Revolutionary Council, United Kingdom, University of Yangon, Yangon, 1962 Burmese coup d'état, 8888 Uprising.
All Burma Federation of Student Unions
The All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) is the umbrella organisation for all the student unions in Burma (also Myanmar) and is an active voice for academic freedoms and student rights throughout the country.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and All Burma Federation of Student Unions · See more »
Aung Gyi
Brigadier General Aung Gyi (အောင်ကြီး; 陈旺枝 Pinyin: Chén Wàngzhī; 16 February 1919 – 25 October 2012) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's 4th Burma Rifles rising to Brigadier General.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Aung Gyi · See more »
Aung San
Bogyoke (Major General) Aung San (13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) served as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1946 to 1947.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Aung San · See more »
British rule in Burma
British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and British rule in Burma · See more »
Buddhism in Myanmar
Buddhism in Myanmar is practiced by 89% of the country's population, and is predominantly of the Theravada tradition.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Buddhism in Myanmar · See more »
Burmese language
The Burmese language (မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: mranmabhasa, IPA) is the official language of Myanmar.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Burmese language · See more »
Burmese Way to Socialism
The Burmese Way to Socialism (မြန်မာ့နည်းမြန်မာ့ဟန် ဆိုရှယ်လစ်စနစ်; also known as the Burmese Road to Socialism) refers to the ideology of the socialist government in Burma, from 1962 to 1988, when the 1962 coup d'état was led by Ne Win and the military to remove U Nu from power.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Burmese Way to Socialism · See more »
Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Cambridge · See more »
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Cambridge University Press · See more »
Caretaker government
A caretaker government is a government that rules on a temporary basis, due to the loss of election or a pending transition of power.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Caretaker government · See more »
Chin people
The Chin people are one of the major ethnic nationalities in Burma.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Chin people · See more »
Civil resistance
Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by civil groups to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Civil resistance · See more »
Communist Party of Burma
The Communist Party of Burma (ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; abbreviated CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Myanmar (also known as Burma).
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Communist Party of Burma · See more »
Demonstration (protest)
A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Demonstration (protest) · See more »
Father of the Nation
The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a man considered the driving force behind the establishment of his country, state, or nation.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Father of the Nation · See more »
Heckler & Koch G3
The Heckler & Koch G3 is a 7.62×51mm NATO, select-fire battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales).
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Heckler & Koch G3 · See more »
Mandalay University
Mandalay University (also translated as University of Mandalay; မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ်) is a public liberal arts university located in Mandalay, Myanmar.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Mandalay University · See more »
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Myanmar · See more »
Myanmar Army
The Myanmar Army (တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း)) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Myanmar Army · See more »
Ne Win
Ne Win (နေဝင်း; 10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002), sometimes known honorifically as U Ne Win was a Burmese politician and military commander.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Ne Win · See more »
Nonviolent resistance
Nonviolent resistance (NVR or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, or other methods, while being nonviolent.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Nonviolent resistance · See more »
Post-independence Burma, 1948–62
During the first years of post-independence Burma, insurgencies by the Red Flag Communists led by Thakin Soe, the White Flag Communists led by Thakin Than Tun, the Yèbaw Hpyu (White-band PVO) led by Bo La Yaung, a member of the Thirty Comrades, army rebels calling themselves the Revolutionary Burma Army (RBA) led by communist officers Bo Zeya, Bo Yan Aung and Bo Yè Htut – all three of them members of the Thirty Comrades, Arakanese, and the Karen National Union (KNU).
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Post-independence Burma, 1948–62 · See more »
Power vacuum
In political science and political history, the term power vacuum, also known as a power void, is an analogy between a physical vacuum, to the political condition "when someone has lost control of something and no one has replaced them." The situation can occur when a government has no identifiable central power or authority.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Power vacuum · See more »
Sangha
Sangha (saṅgha; saṃgha; සංඝයා; พระสงฆ์; Tamil: சங்கம்) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of bhikkhus (monks) and bhikkhunis (nuns).
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Sangha · See more »
Sein Lwin
Sein Lwin (စိန်လွင်,; 1923 – 9 April 2004) was a Burmese General and politician.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Sein Lwin · See more »
Shan State
Shan State (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်,; Shan: မိူင်းတႆး) is a state of Myanmar.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Shan State · See more »
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Southeast Asia · See more »
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, and the most widely read weekly journal of progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and The Nation · See more »
Tin Pe
Thura Tin Pe (တင်ဖေ) was mayor of Yangon, Burma, from 1985 to 1986.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Tin Pe · See more »
U Thant funeral crisis
The U Thant funeral crisis or U Thant crisis (Burmese: ဦးသန့် အရေးအခင်း) was a series of protests and riots in the then-Burmese capital of Yangon triggered by the death of U Thant, the third Secretary-General of the United Nations on 25 November 1974.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and U Thant funeral crisis · See more »
Union Revolutionary Council
The Union Revolutionary Council (ပြည်ထောင်စု တော်လှန်ရေး ကောင်စီ အဖွဲ့, abbreviated URC; also known as the Revolutionary Council of Burma, abbreviated RC) was the supreme governing body of Burma (now Myanmar) from 2 March 1962, following the overthrow of U Nu's civilian government, to 3 March 1974, with the promulgation of the 1974 Constitution of Burma and transfer of power to the People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw), the country's new unicameral legislature.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Union Revolutionary Council · See more »
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and United Kingdom · See more »
University of Yangon
University of Yangon (also the Yangon University; ရန်ကုန် တက္ကသိုလ်,; formerly Rangoon College, Rangoon University and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the best known university in Myanmar.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and University of Yangon · See more »
Yangon
Yangon (ရန်ကုန်မြို့, MLCTS rankun mrui,; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") was the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and Yangon · See more »
1962 Burmese coup d'état
The 1962 Burmese coup d'état on 2 March 1962 marked the beginning of totalitarian rule and the political dominance of the army in Burma (now Myanmar) which spanned the course of 26 years.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and 1962 Burmese coup d'état · See more »
8888 Uprising
The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum), also known as the 8-8-88 Uprisings, or the People Power Uprising,Yawnghwe (1995), pp.
New!!: 1962 Rangoon University protests and 8888 Uprising · See more »
Redirects here:
1962 Rangoon University Protests, 7 July Burmese Students Massacre, Rangoon University Student Union massacre.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Rangoon_University_protests
