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| | Nu, U (Thakin) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Nu, U (Thakin) |
 | | In 1946 Nu was elected vice president of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL), the major nationalist front, which had fought, since 1945, against Japanese occupation, and in June 1947 he became speaker of the constituent assembly, which had the task of drafting a new constitution. |
 | | U Nu was born in Wakema in the Irrawaddy delta, and studied at the new University of Rangoon, leading a nationwide student strike against the British colonial government in 1936. |
 | | U Nu oversaw the transition to independence in 1948, and sought to promote democracy and preserve unity in a nation faced by insurgencies by the Burmese Communist Party and the separatist Karen community. |
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