The Swaraj Party ( my, ဆွာရပ်ဂျ်ပါတီ) was a political party in

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 explai ...

in the 1920s.

History

The party was formed by former members of the

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 for ...

prior to the 1925 elections, and was named after the Indian

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 ...

.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p150 Its leadership included

Ba Maw Ba Maw ( my, ဘမော်, ; 8 February 1893 – 29 May 1977) was a Burmese lawyer and political leader, active during the interwar and World War II periods. Dr. Ba Maw is a descendant of the Mon Dynasty. He was the first Burma Premier ...

, 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 British Raj in order to contest the 1932 general elections,Haruhiro Fukui ...

References

{{Burmese political parties Defunct political parties in Myanmar