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Home Rule Party (Burma)
The Home Rule Party ( my, ဟုမ္မရူးပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by Tharrawaddy U Pu. History The party was formed as a breakaway from the General Council of Burmese Associations prior to the 1925 elections due to the GCBA continuing its calls for an electoral boycott. The elections saw the new party win 11 of the 80 seats.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p153 In 1926 or 1927 the party merged with the Nationalist Party and the Swaraj Party The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and ... to form the People's Party.Fukui, p145 References {{Burmese political parties Defunct political parties in Myanmar ...
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Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: mjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as ɑːror of Burma as ɜːrməby some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by all ...
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Tharrawaddy U Pu
Tharrawaddy may refer to: * Tharrawaddy Min (1787–1846), 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma, 1837–1846 * Tharrawaddy District, a district of Bago Division, Myanmar ** Tharrawaddy Township ** Tharrawaddy, Myanmar Tharrawaddy ( my, သာယာဝတီ) is a city in Bago Region of lower Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tharrawaddy District and Tharrawaddy Township. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north of Yangon. ...
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General Council Of Burmese Associations
The General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA), also known as the Great Burma Organisation ( my, မြန်မာအသင်းချုပ်ကြီး; ''Myanma Ahthinchokgyi''), was a political party in Burma. History The GCBA was formed at the 1920 conference of the Young Men's Buddhist Association following the student strike earlier in the year and Burma's exclusion from British proposals for limited self-government in Indian provinces.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp131–132 Its leadership included Chit Hlaing, U Pu and U Kyaw Dun. The new party held rallies to pressurise the British to extend the self-government plans to Burma. A proposal known as the Craddock Plan to give ethnic minorities separate representation was opposed by the GCBA, which saw it as an attempt at divide and rule. In 1922 the British agreed to extend the Indian system to Burma, and elections were scheduled for November. However, this c ...
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1925 Burmese General Election
Elections to the Legislative Council were held in Burma on 17 November 1925. Under the terms of the dyarchy constitution, the Legislative Council of Burma was advisory to the British colonial governor, and had some direct authority over education, local government, public health, agriculture and forests. The Nationalist Party received the most votes, but was unable to form a government as the British authorities favoured the Independent Party, who formed a government led by Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi.Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
The Irrawaddy, 3 November 2009


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The Legislative Council had 103 members, of which 80 were elected; 58 "non-communal" seats e ...
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Nationalist Party (Burma)
The Nationalist Party ( my, အမျိုးသားပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by U Pu and U Ba Pe. History The party was a successor to the 21 Party led by U Ba Pe, which had emerged as the largest in the 1922 elections after winning 28 seats, but had not been able to form a government.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp150−151 The new party called for a reduction in Indian immigration to Burma and Indian landlords to be banned from owning land in Burma. In the 1925 elections the Nationalist Party won 25 seats; despite being the largest party, it was not able to form a government. In 1926 or 1927 the party merged with the Home Rule Party and the Swaraj Party The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought great ...
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Swaraj Party (Burma)
The Swaraj Party ( my, ဆွာရပ်ဂျ်ပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s. History The party was formed by former members of the General Council of Burmese Associations prior to the 1925 elections, and was named after the Indian Swaraj Party.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p150 Its leadership included Ba Maw, N. C. Bannerjee and Toke Gyi, who was head of the party. After his death he was succeeded by U Paw Tun. In the 1925 elections the party won nine seats. In 1926 or 1927 it merged with the Nationalist Party and the Home Rule Party to form the People's Party.Fukui, p145 Following the dissolution of the People's Party in the early 1930s, most of the former Swaraj Party leadership joined the Anti-Separation League The Anti-Separation League was a political alliance in Burma. History The alliance was formed in July 1932 by parties that were not in favour of Burma being separated from B ...
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People's Party (Burma)
The People's Party ( my, ပြည်သူပြည်သားပါတီ) was a political party in Burma. History The party was formed by a merger of the Nationalist Party, the Home Rule Party and the Swaraj Party in 1926, with the three parties having won a combined 45 seats in the 1925 elections. However, by 1928 it had been reduced to 35 seats.John F Cady (1958) A history of modern Burma, Cornell University Press, p256 Campaigning under the sloga "Burma for the Burmans", it continued with the platform of the Nationalist Party and the General Council of Burmese Associations.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp145–146 The 1928 elections saw the party win 40 seats, slightly down from the 45 won by the three parties in 1925. Although it was the largest party, and its ally the National Parliamentary Organisation (NPO) held another five seats, the Independent Party was able to form a government with the assistance of the ...
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