7 July 1962 - Dictator General Ne Win Destroyed Students Union Building in Myanmar 08

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Spirit of University Student Union will last foreverSpirit of University Student Union will last foreverSpirit of University Student Union will last foreverSpirit of University Student Union will last forever

Symbol of Student resistant in Rangoon University curiously survive theonslaught of the Cyclone Nargis. Almost all the young, old, small, bigtrees in Yangon fell. But this seemingly DEAD, fragile, big old tree,which is long regarded as the symbol of the University Studentsresistance against the successive Myanmar Military rulers remarkablywithstand the biggest, strongest and most powerful Cyclone.

Our HistoricOur HistoricOur HistoricOur Historic Thit Poke PinThit Poke PinThit Poke PinThit Poke Pin can stand against cyclonecan stand against cyclonecan stand against cyclonecan stand against cyclone


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(secular) and Judson College (Baptist-affiliated) were merged. TheAmerican Baptist Mission decided to recognise Judson College (formerlyBaptist College) as a separate institution within the University of

Rangoon. The University of Rangoon modelled itself after University ofCambridge and University of Oxford. Throughout the 1940s to 1950s,Rangoon University was the most prestigious university in SoutheastAsia and one of the top universities in Asia, attracting students fromacross the region.

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where students with the nationalistic spiritnationalistic spiritnationalistic spiritnationalistic spirit used to gather. Union buildingwas finished before the start of 1931 summer holidays.RangoonRangoonRangoonRangoon UniversityUniversityUniversityUniversity and Yudathan College studentsYudathan College studentsYudathan College studentsYudathan College students gathered in thatbuilding for the first time and had a combined meeting. In that meetingthey formed a protean committeea protean committeea protean committeea protean committee for the drawing up of the constitutionfor the Students Union.

Once the 1931Once the 1931Once the 1931Once the 1931----32 university semesters started,32 university semesters started,32 university semesters started,32 university semesters started, protean committeemembers had already finished the constitution. The consThe consThe consThe constitution, rulestitution, rulestitution, rulestitution, rulesand regulationsand regulationsand regulationsand regulations were also distributed to the Union members. ProteanProteanProteanProteancommittee memberscommittee memberscommittee memberscommittee members called the union students a meeting at the upstairshall in the union building and discussed about the election for thechairman post.At that time, Ko Htun Sein had resigned from the MathsDepartment and was reading first year Law. Because of Ko Htun Seinsoutspokenness, courage, nationalistic spirit and great ambition, ThakhinThakhinThakhinThakhin

Ba SeinBa SeinBa SeinBa Sein wrote a proposal letter, nominating Ko Htun Sein for the UnionKo Htun Sein for the UnionKo Htun Sein for the UnionKo Htun Sein for the UnionChairmanChairmanChairmanChairman post.post.post.post. In the Burmese history, unarmed university studentssacrificed their lives against the Military Government. Students weremassacred and Students Union Building was dynamited down together


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with the students inside. Since that day students became theRESISTENCE SYMBOL and used to spearhead the successive uprisingsagainst the illegal Military Rulers. Burma army Chief of Staff General Ne

Win and cohorts threaten the U Nus elected democratic government tohand over power and formed a Caretaker government from 1958 to1960 for eighteen months. General Ne Win and cohorts had a good tasteof power after 18 months of the Caretaker Government, and theyregarded U Nu as a week leader and was not strong enough to governthe country. They openly told the Pyidaungsu Governments that thearmy had to fight vigorously and they are not happy to even protect and

give security service to those corrupt political leaders.

Rangoon University after WWIIRangoon University after WWIIRangoon University after WWIIRangoon University after WWII

General Ne Win took over the power second time in March of 1962.Military coups were quite popular in those days of early sixties in Asia,


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Africa and in Latin America. Now it is out of fashion and most of themreverted back to the civilian rule. Just after the Military coup of GeneralNe Win, he quelled the dissents and demonstrations with his army

brutally. He even dynamited the Students Union in the RangoonUniversity while some student leaders were still inside.

General Ne Wins first speech challenged or threatened the unarmedBurmese Citizens that he would respond knife with knife, spear withspear if any one dare to challenge him and his lap-dog army, inBurmese, Dhar dhar chin_Lhan lhan chin shin mae.

In his last farewell speech he warned the Burmese citizens that nexttime if HIS Army had to be called to calm the uprising there is novocabulary in the BURMA ARMYs guiding manuals to shoot up into theair for warning. Burma Army would shoot straight to the target, in otherwords Tatmadaw declared its SHOOT TO KILL policy even on unarmedcivilians.General Ne Win took over in the early morning of March 2nd,1962. There was an important announcement over the radio from theBurma Broadcasting Service. We heard marching songs being playedand then the announcement came regarding the taking over of thecountry by the military and about the formation of the RevolutionaryCouncil. There were 17 names mentioned as members of theRevolutionary Council.Rangoon university student protests startedagainst the Military coup on 6 July 1962. On the 7th of July 1962 therewere demonstrations against the Ne Wins military government and the

government retaliated with severe measures. Aung Gyi and Tin Pe werethe most senior officers and Sein Lwin was the field commanding officerin the university region. No on exactly know who gave the orders toopen fire. On July 7, over 130 stubborn or diehard or brave would be


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martyr students who were demonstrating in the students union buildingin the campus of Rangoon University were dynamited and brutally killedby the army.

88 Generation Student leaders, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Ko Naing and Ko Htay88 Generation Student leaders, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Ko Naing and Ko Htay88 Generation Student leaders, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Ko Naing and Ko Htay88 Generation Student leaders, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Ko Naing and Ko HtayKyweKyweKyweKywe

When the Students Union building was dynamited with some of thestudents inside our heart sank and nearly broke. All the students,parents and the whole population felt very hurt up to the present timeespecially on this auspicious or rather a notorious day. The 7th July isthe 9-11 for all the Burmese.Ne Win blamed Aung Gyi and Aung Gyipointed back to Ne Win as a responsible leader. But the real butcherwho pulled the trigger was SEIN LWIN. (During the 1967 StudentFestival in Mandalay, there was a small fight between the students. Oneof the son of Butcher Sein Lwin boasted amongst his friends that toquell that student unrest was a minor thing for his father who had shootand killed a lot of students and dynamited the students union buildingon 7th July. And the whole Mandalay knew that the Anglo-Burmese


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Primary School teacher from St. Peters School was teaching English dailyto that illiterate North-West Division Commander.)

No wonder there was a popular rallying slogan during 8888 because NeWin put Sein Lwin as his successor Prime Minister after his resignation:

Sein Lwin Chauk Tan_Tasauk Kan.,

Sein Lwin Chauk Tan_sauk yan loke myi.

San ta pyi sae nga kyat_Sein Lwin khaung ko pyat.

Sein Lwin Phar Kyo_Hto Kyo e.t.c.

Ne Win was a drop out at Inter class for Bio and could not pursue hisdreams to become a Medical Doctor. But he managed to snatch the wifeof Dr Toke Gyi , Daw Khin May Than who was the daughter of famousProfessor Dr Ba Than. Curiously both Ne Win and Dr Ba Than werenotorious for womenisation.

Ne Win was notorious for never finishing any book except Adolph Hitlersbook, MEMEMEMEIN KAMPSIN KAMPSIN KAMPSIN KAMPS. (Note this is not a satire or just tried to run down onNe Win but the truth!)

And he was the one to demolish the very famous Burmese ResearchAssociation just because one of the professors got drunk and touch hiswife Daw Khin May Than during the associations dinner. He was shot

and killed on the spot and the precious Burma Research Association wasdisbanded since then.

According to the General Ne Win, educated class or intellectuals areundecided, ignorant and corrupted class not to be trusted in their


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Socialist revolution. Actually as a military dictator, he knew that hecould not fool the educated class easily. The intelligent class always usestheir heads (brains) and use to question and analyze each and every

order. The dictators and especially Tatmadaw leaders never like thatattitude. Subordinates must always obey the command given to them.They have no right to think whether it is right or wrong, just or not.

Intellectuals have no place under Military rulers. If do not want to keeptheir mouth shut, they must be put into detention or must leave thecountry to avoid the dangerous consequences.

In civilized countries the scholar is always placed above the man of warbelieving that

Nations which trusted the gun perished by it earlier.

But in Myanmar under the Military rulers the opposite of the above ruleis always correct.

For Myanmar Military, power comes out from the barrel of the gun only.The might is always right for them.

The evil that men do lives after them

Julius Caesar III ii.75,.by William Shakespeare

Yes, all the perpetrators of 7th July Ne Win, Sein Lwin and ? Aung Gyi ?

are no more on earth. But their evil of Massacring Students on this daywould be remembered forever. Since that day students became theRESISTENCE SYMBOL and used to spearhead the successive uprisingsagainst the illegal Military Rulers.


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The 7th July is the 9-11 for all the Burmese.

In November 1974 the former UN Secretary General U Thant died, and

on the day of his funeral on December 5, 1974 Rangoon Universitystudents snatched his coffin on display at the Kyaikkasan Race Courseand erected a makeshift mausoleum on the grounds of the RUSU inprotest against the government for not honouring their famouscountryman with a state funeral. The military stormed the campus on 11December killing some of the students, recovered the coffin and buriedU Thant at the foot of the Shwedagon pagoda.

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