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  Sao Shwe Thaik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agga Maha Thray Sithu Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Sao Shwe Thaik, Saopha of Yaunghwe, was the 33rd and last Saopha of the Shan Kingdom.
Little evidence of the history of Sao Shwe Thaik remains, as the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar frequently attempt to suppress information on opponents to General Ne Win, for instance U Thant.
References to Sao Shew Thaik and U Thant are often removed from school history textbooks by State Peace and Development Council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sao_Shwe_Thaik   (269 words)

  
 SCOOP News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The first president of Burma, Yawnghwe Sawbwa (Chief), Sao Shwe Thaik’s wife, Maha Devi Sao Nang Hearn Kham passed away peacefully in her house in Canada at the age of 87.
In the 1962 coup, her husband Sao Shwe Thaik was arrested and their Yawnghwe Haw (Palace) near Lake Inle in southern Shan State was raided by the soldiers of U Ne Win’s junta.
She was married to Yawnghwe Sawbwa, Sao Shwe Thaik during her brother Sao Hom Hpa’s reign and became a Maha Devi.
www.dvb.no /english/2003/jan/20030118a.html   (263 words)

  
 shanworld.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Government on 29th April 1959, when Sao Hom Fah, the Saopha Long of north Hsenwi was the president, not to the Union Government the Saophas' surrender of their hereditary rights was not able to bring any achievement to their goal, as the 1960 election result came to be known.
Sao Kya Seng, the Saopha of HsiPaw was arrested near the gate of Taunggyi on his way to Rangoon, after he had visited his sick brother in town.
Sao Shwe Thaik, the Saopha of YawngHwe was arrested in Rangoon and sent to Insein Jail.
www.shanworld.org /shanstate/yindependence.html   (2674 words)

  
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Sao Hearn Kham, known as "Sao Mae" (Royal Mother) or Mahadevi, was the daughter of one of the famous Shan prince warriors, Khun Sang Tonhoong.
She was married to Sao Shwe Thaike, Prince of Yawnghwe, who became the first president of Burma and died under what was described as mysterious circumstances during detention following Gen Ne Win's coup in 1962.
After Sao Shwe Thaike's death, she joined the resistance and was elected as president of the Shan State War Council, the office she held until 1969 when she went into exile in Canada.
www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/2003/20030121.txt   (5742 words)

  
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Sao Hso: Might I add that the problem that exist is not ethic "minority" rights versus the "majority" Burmese rights but rather of equality of rights for all.
Sao Hso: It is truly encouraging to discuss matters of common interest, andit is only through honest discussions like these that real understanding and mutual respect will blossom.
Sao Hso: Yes, I am aware of the help given by Mindon Min when he became king, to Saopha* (Sir) Moung and his mother when his father Sao Suu Deva the Kye-Mong (Crown Prince) of Yawnghwe was assassinated by a rival half sibling who supported Pagan Min and whose sister was Pagan Min's Queen.
www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs3/KW90.html   (7731 words)

  
 Sao Tome - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sao Tome
The town dates from the 1480s when the Portuguese sent settlers and imported African slaves to grow sugar on São Tomé.
Sao Tome and Principe at the 2004 Summer Olympics
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sao+Tome   (140 words)

  
 :: Kao Wao News Group ::
Sao Hso: Yugoslavia did break up into its components parts and theoretically there is no reason why the former and defunct Union - made so by successive Burmese military regimes could not do the same.
Sao Hso: It is truly encouraging to discuss matters of common interest, and it is only through honest discussions like these that real understanding and mutual respect will blossom.
Sao Hso: As for the recent merger of the SSAS and SSNA, and what they said is really no cause for confusion.
www.kaowao.org /News.90.php   (7804 words)

  
 Burma Digest » Tayza Thuria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
And civil servants, who are forced to transfer to the unfinished new capital, are on the brink of a general strike.
Sao Hso… “Yugoslavia did break up into its components parts and theorectically there is no reason why the former and defunct Union - made so by successive Burmese military regimes could not do the same.
Sao Hso… “Yes I am aware of the help given by Mindon Min when he became king, to Saopha* (Sir) Moung and his mother when his father Sao Suu Deva the Kye-Mong (Crown Prince) of Yawnghwe was assissanated by a rival half sibbling who supported Pagan Min and whose sister was Pagan Min’s Queen.
burmadigest.wordpress.com /tag/special-contributors/tayza-thuria   (2446 words)

  
 BurmaNet News: May 28, 2001
Venerable Gunapiya, known among his disciples as Sao Sra Guna passed away yesterday morning (26.5.01) in Pubbarama Buddhist Institute, Loikaw, Kayah State.
The Association was supported by two of the most wel known Shan leaders, Sao Shwe Thaik of Yawnghwe who was the first President of the Union of Burma and Sao Noom of Laikha, also a signature of Panglong Treaty.
Sao Sra Guna studied in leading Buddhist institutes like Ale-tawya, in Rangoon where he gained in degree in Buddhist literature with honours.
www.burmalibrary.org /reg.burma/archives/200105/msg00119.html   (4954 words)

  
 The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 19 April, 2002)
Next, Senior General Than Shwe signed in the distinguished visitors, book and donated cash for the Maha Muni Image.
Then, Head of State Senior General Than Shwe and party inspected the gold htidaw (sacred umbrella) to be hoisted atop the main pyatthat building of Maha Muni Image.
As a result, a total of five people Trishawman Tin Win of Ward 4 in Myawady, passenger Aesop (a) Soe Aung, 33, Pa Shi, 14, an unidentified man and passer-by Ma Win, a cheroot maker, 27, were killed on the spot, and their bodies were torn into pieces.
www.burmalibrary.org /NLM/archives/2002-04/msg00015.html   (3309 words)

  
 Fair Share , are you serious? - Speak out what's on your mind!
it's Sao Shwe Thaik - married to Sao Hearn Hkam or Sao Yawnghwe.
You were saying that Sao Khun Cho was the foreign minister and Sao Shwe Thaik was the first president.
Don't you think it's a noble act that you esteem leader Than Shwe took Daw Kyaing Kyaing for his wife when her husband was killed.
www.asiaobserver.com /ubb/Forum10/HTML/001427.html   (4919 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
At 3 pm, Senior General Than Shwe and Daw Kyaing Kyaing visited Seinle Kantha State Guest House and met Prime Minister Dr Mahathir and Dr Siti Hasmah and delegation.
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir and Dr Siti and delegation, accompanied by Senior General Than Shwe and Daw Kyaing Kyaing, left the Guest House and arrived Yangon Intentional Airport at 3.25 pm.
Along University Avenue from Seinle Kantha State Guest House and along the route to the airport, members of Union Solidarity and Development Association, teachers, students Red Cross and Auxiliary Fire Brigade members and the public exceeding 7,000 greeted the guests waving miniature flags of the two countries and chanting slogans of strengthening mutual friendship.
mission.itu.ch /MISSIONS/Myanmar/98nlm/n980311.htm   (1469 words)

  
 UK Indymedia | Broken lives and masterpieces in Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tin Oo and Aung San Suu Kyi are mistreated in isolation and poor living conditions by the low-minded brutes who were unfit to lead Burma.
The international community should worry about the health of Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo because history showed that the Laos monarchs, King Thibaw and Sao Shwe Thaik all died in confinement, spiritually abused by the armed governments.
In 1996 Dr Michael Aris, the late husband of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi emailed me that he would not engage in any political activity for Burma because he worried about his beloved wife's safety in Burma.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/regions/oxford/2004/08/295863.html   (2183 words)

  
 Myanmar News 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Han Nyaung Shwe is a son of ex-president Sao Shwe Thaik.
Runaway Han Nyaung Shwe and Sein Win gave financial assistance to so-called Shan Women's Action Network under SURA drug-trafficking insurgent group based in Chiang Mai about one year ago to invent false news.
To obtain financial assistance from some foreign nations, runaways Han Nyaung Shwe and Sein Win launched anti-Myanmar movements and at the same time fabricated false news in order to cause misunderstandings between the international community and Myanmar.
www.myanmars.net /NEWVER/myanmar-news-2002/n020827.htm   (7340 words)

  
 Romance. - Culture Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The most famous Burmese veteran was Sao Shwe Thaik...
Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe enjoy Traditional Maha Thingyan Festival of PBANRDA Ministry 2.
C- 3000 (I) 17th April, 2004 (1) Myanmar People Show Core of Thingyan with Peaceful and Happy Celebration The year 1365 Myanmar Era is to usher out at 12.37...
www.nemrore.com /Wolves-Eat-Foxes-3518-2801-cat1.html   (3267 words)

  
 KONBAUN6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Disowned by his father for a period after because he had refused to accompany him to prison, during the period before his accession.
a) H.R.H. Prince (Shwe Kodaw-gyi) Maung Shwe, Prince of Amyeenyen (Anyeenyen Mintha) (s/o Princess Min Shwe Hnan Min, Maha Mangala Ratna Nanda Devi).
August 1794 (d/o Princess Min Shwe Hnan Min, Maha Mangala Ratna Nanda Devi).
www.4dw.net /royalark/Burma/konbaun6.htm   (1944 words)

  
 Myanmar News 1998
Efforts are being made from all sectors for agricultural development, which is the basic requirement for national development, he noted.
The Government is cooperating with departments and local people for agricultural development to promote the social life of farmers who are the nation's majority in line with the guidance of Senior General Than Shwe, he stated.
The minister viewed the assembly hall, the painting of the Hawnan builder Sawbwa, works of art and records on the 33 Sawbwas, who ruled Nyaungshwe during 600 years and the personal effects of Nyaungshwe Sawbwa Sao Shwe Thaike.
www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-1998/myanmar-news-n980725.htm   (1640 words)

  
 Depression. - Culture Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to United Kingdom 2.
BBC NEWS, Monday, 19 April, 2004, 08:38 GMT 09:38 UK Fresh hope for Suu Kyi's release Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house arrest within a few days, according to her party chairman, Aung Shwe.
Senior General Than Shwe inspects MAEU in Meiktila 3.
www.sitroco.com /Invitation-3518-2801-cat1.html   (3267 words)

  
 Federal Union - Speak out what's on your mind!
I remember that during the period from 1948 to 1962 when this constitution was abolished by General Ne Win in a coup d'etat, all the states had their own education departments whith their own officers in charge of education.
The post of President was rotated among the major national groups and the first President was Mahn Win Maung and the second President was Sao Shwe Thaik.
Than Shwe needs to release at least important prominent personals regardless of different perspectives against each other.
www.asiaobserver.com /ubb/Forum10/HTML/001149.html   (12055 words)

  
 Only Real Federalism Can Rescue Burma! Boxun News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On April 17,2005, the Shan group led by Prince Hso Kham Hpa, declared a totally Independent Shan State.
Hso Kham Hpa is the eldest son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the Saopha (Shan chief) of Yawnghwe and the first President of Burma after Burma's Independence from British colonial rule.
It will just be a wishful-thinking undertaking, without any chance to realize the real aspiration of the people", criticized Col Sao Yawd Serk.
www.peacehall.com /news/gb/english/2006/02/200602032314.shtml   (949 words)

  
 Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) — Politics in the Shan State JOSEF SILVERSTEIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
20 Sao Shwe Thaik, Sawbwa (chief) of Yawnghwe, replaced Thakin Nu as President of the Constituent Assembly on July 30, 1947.
During the last decade they split among themselves on the issue of how to transfer their administrative power to the people and what compensation they should receive in return.
Their moderate group is led by Sao Hkun Hkio, who, in addition to being Head and Minister of the Shan State, is
www.shanland.org /resources/history/Publications/politics_in_the_shan_state_josef.htm   (8577 words)

  
 Indian delegation arrives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
At the briefing hall, Minister Col Tin Hlaing reported to the Secretary-1 on progress of construction work of Drug Abuse Control Museum and arrangements for greening of the museum area.
Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Deputy Minister for Forestry Col Thaik Tun, Chairman of Yuzana Construction Group U Htay Myint and officials also reported to the Secretary-1 on construction of road and greening of the environs of the museum.
Afterwards, Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing presented fist, second and third prizes to Min Shwe Thein (Zingyaik), Daw Nan Tin Yi (Tekkatho Nan Phyu Phyu Tun) and U Naing Oo (Nine) respectively and special prize winners for short stories competition to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
www.myanmar-narcotic.net /heroin/june.html   (1870 words)

  
 Chin National Day
They divided the mind of the people, and added the bigger eastern Hills to Burma, the smaller western Hills to India, and the southern part to Bangladesh.
The conference was attended by Sao Shwe Thaik, the then president of Burma, who went there to pursuade the Chins to abide with Burma, rather than with India where a portion of our people lived.
The same day was recognized as Chin National Day by Prime Minister U Nu on February 20, 1951, according to Pu J. Thang Lian Pau.
ceu.00freehost.com /Ceu/Chinday.htm   (2680 words)

  
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 Visit Around Yangon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
During the ceremony Lord Mountbatten, the great-grandson of Queen Victoria, pledged to give back the throne to Myanmar.
On 12 March 1948 during his visit to Myanmar, Lord Mountbatten gave it back in the presence of Myanmar's first President Sao Shwe Thaik.
Then the throne had been placed in the President's House till 1959, when it was removed to be shown at the National Museum.
www.yangondirectory.com.mm /ydg_GeneralInfo/Visit_Yangon.asp   (2692 words)

  
 [SEA] BURMA - New Light of Myanmar 2 Sept 2001 (1/2)
General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and
Maung of Asia Express Co Ltd, K 100,000 by U Maung Maung of Shwe Kaba
Department Col Than Shwe, Head of Drugs Elimination Unit of CCDAC Police Col
www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/2001/09/03/0006.html   (3565 words)

  
 ► » Sao Shwe Thaik - biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Burmese veteran was Sao Shwe Thaik who was the first President of
What unit Thaik served with between 1914 and 1919?
The following books cannot be obtained through ILL:
www.sitroco.com /Sao-Shwe-Thaik--biography-9338153.html   (82 words)

  
 IMC India - SAVE AUNG SAN SUU KYI, TIN OO: REINVENTING BURMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Her blood is redder than the bloody flag of Burma.
In history, our First Lady Sao Hearn Kham (wife of President Shan Prince Shwe Thaik) was a star revolutionary of the Shan diaspora due to Ne Win.
Ne Win is in Burmese hell now, as you might guess.
india.indymedia.org /en/2003/06/5314.shtml   (1510 words)

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