Part IV Aung San Suu Kyi and Buddhism
... terms objectively with personalities such as Aung San Suu Kyi because those who have written about her have also invested emotionally in her. It is difficult to be neutral. This makes any attempt to write an objective account of her life very difficult. And yet it is important that an attempt is mad ...
... terms objectively with personalities such as Aung San Suu Kyi because those who have written about her have also invested emotionally in her. It is difficult to be neutral. This makes any attempt to write an objective account of her life very difficult. And yet it is important that an attempt is mad ...
The Burmese Regime`s Claims to Legitimacy
... search for legitimacy in recent years. The Tatmadaw’s early claims to legitimacy rested upon their success in the battle against ethnic separatist and communist insurgencies, at which time the survival of state unity was a paramount objective – both during the post-independence democratic period (fr ...
... search for legitimacy in recent years. The Tatmadaw’s early claims to legitimacy rested upon their success in the battle against ethnic separatist and communist insurgencies, at which time the survival of state unity was a paramount objective – both during the post-independence democratic period (fr ...
Alaungpaya
Alaungpaya (Burmese: အလောင်းဘုရား, pronounced: [ʔəláʊɴ pʰəjá]; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung Phra; 24 August [O.S. 13 August] 1714 – 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village in Upper Burma had unified Burma, subdued Manipur, conquered Lan Na and driven out the French and the British who had given help to the Mon Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom. He also founded Yangon in 1755.He is considered one of the three greatest monarchs of Burma alongside Anawrahta and Bayinnaung for unifying Burma for the third time in Burmese history.