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Ba Cho

Ba Cho

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Ba Cho (Burmese: ဘချို, pronounced [ba̰ tɕʰò]; 24 April 1893 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese newspaper publisher and politician who served as the Minister of Information in Myanmar's pre-independence government. Ba Cho and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon.[1] July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.

In this Burmese name, the given name is Ba Cho. There is no family name.
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Ba Cho was also president of Trade Union Congress of Burma.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Tin Naing Toe (18 July 2010). "Brief Biographies of the Martyrs". Bi-Weekly Eleven (in Burmese). Weekly Eleven Publishing Group.
  2. [2]
    Win, Kyaw Zaw (July 2008). "A history of the Burma Socialist Party (1930-1964)". University of Wollongong. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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