Sunday, June 21, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


The Day the British Sentenced Folk Hero Maung Thant to Death

Posted: 20 Jun 2020 10:11 PM PDT

On this day in 1911, a poor farmer who embodied rural people's hopes of a better life and opposition to colonial rule was sentenced to hang by the British.

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