Tea Shops — Tea shops are an essential part of social life in Burma, places for refreshment, conversation, and just passing the time. Business is often conducted in these shops, and in a society where the state run mass media have little credibility, they … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
White Bridge Incident — (March 16, 1988) Also known as the White Bridge Massacre, an incident that took place on an embankment along the western shore of Inya Lake in Rangoon (Yangon), where student demonstrators marching from Rangoon University to the Rangoon… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Is There Honey Still for Tea? — Infobox Dad s Army episode number episode name=069 Is There Honey Still for Tea? script=Jimmy Perry and David Croft director=David Croft producer=David Croft recorded=26/6/1975 original transmission=19/9/1975 series=Eight length=30 minutes… … Wikipedia
Students, Historical Role of — Beginning in the early 20th century, university and high school students played an active and sometimes leading role in struggles against British colonial rule. Following independence in 1948, they organized opposition movements against the… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Riot Police — (Lon Htein) Detachments of special police, essentially a paramilitary unit, used for crowd control, separate from the regular People s Police Force of the Ne Win era. Commanded by Sein Lwin, they killed hundreds of protesting students in… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Sein Lwin — (1924 ) A close associate of Ne Win who briefly served as chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) and as Burma s president in 1988. He joined the Burma Defence Army in 1943, and after the war served in the Fourth Burma Rifles … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Rangoon (Yangon) Institute of Technology — (RIT) Originally the Department of Engineering at Rangoon (Yangon) University. A new campus at Gyogone, Insein Township, was constructed in 1958 1961 with assistance from the Soviet Union. RIT became completely independent of Rangoon… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Student Demonstrations — (1996) The year 1996 witnessed the largest student demonstrations in Rangoon (Yangon) since the Democracy Summer of 1988. In October 1996, a fight between students of Rangoon (Yangon) Institute of Technology and the auxiliary police… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Insein Township — A township located in north Rangoon (Yangon), its western border formed by the Hlaing River. An estimated 57 percent of its population of 250,000 are Karen (Kayin), making this the largest concentration of Karens inside Burma s largest city… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Maung Phone Maw — (1965 1988) Student at Rangoon (Yangon) Institute of Technology who was shot and killed by the Riot Police (Lon Htein) during a demonstration on March 13, 1988, following the Tea Shop Incident. An official Inquiry Commission reported in May … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
