8888 Uprising
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The 8888 Uprising, also known as the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it i
1st row: Protesters gathering at Sule Pagoda in central Rangoon. 2nd row: Protesters rallying in Mandalay; Aung San Suu Kyi addresses half a million protesters in central Rangoon. 3rd row: Soldiers preparing to open fire on protesters; Saw Lwin and Win Zaw carrying a critically wounded school girl (Win Maw Oo).
Burma Navy personnel demonstrating
Demonstration held on the 19th anniversary of the 8888 Uprising
Ne Win
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Ne Win was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's mili
8888 Uprising
…Technology. Since the 1962 military coup, the Burma Socialist Programme Party had ruled the country as a totalitarian one-party state, headed by General Ne Win. Under the government agenda, called the Burmese Way to Socialism, which involved economic isolation and the strengthening of the military, Burma became…
Ne Win in 1959
David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel and General Ne Win as Prime Minister of Burma on 8 June 1959
Ne Win with Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi during their visit to Burma on 31 May 1964
Ne Win with Chinese president Liu Shaoqi in June 1966