ek, Alexander, 275Akyab, 102
Alaungpaya, King (Aung Zeya), 41, 52, 72, 84, 90
Alaungsithu, King, 48
Algiers, 282–3
All-Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), 9, 301, 304
All India Radio, 277, 338
Amarapura, 41, 52
Amherst, Lord, 96
Amnesty International, 208, 211, 334, 335, 338, 344, 350, 353, 354
Ananda Math (Chatterji), 123, 124
Anawratha, 46, 47, 48, 51, 79
Anglo-Burmese Wars: first (1824–6), 52–3, 84; second (1852), 53, 84; third (1885), 3 4, 53, 84, 85, 86, 110
Anti-Fascist Organization (AFO), 21, 22
Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL), 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31–4, 55, 190, 304, 306
Aquino, Corazon, 355
Arakan State, 20, 40, 47, 52, 53, 63, 64, 84, 100
Arakanese (Rakhines), 40, 49, 51, 52, 57, 63–4, 84, 85, 97, 100
Aris, Alexander, xvii–xxv, 286–7, 288, 295–6, 299
Aris, Kim, xvii–xxv, 275, 288, 296–7, 352
Aris, Dr Michael, xvii, xix, xxi–xxiv, xxvi, 275, 287, 288, 295, 296, 298, 299, 305, 325, 352
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 90
Assam, 52, 53, 84
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), 354
Attlee, Clement, 25, 27–8, 276
Aung Gyaw, 11
Aung Gyi, 306, 308, 335, 336
Aung Lwin, 344
Aung San, Bogyoke leads resistance with Burma Independence Army, xviii, 186, 306, 324; assassinated, xviii, 33, 35, 55, 191, 279, 301, 306, 309, 319, 324–5, 343, 347; death commemorated on Martyrs’ Day, xxiii, 279, 343; background, 3–4; education, 4–10; and university strike, 9, 132, 306; character, 10, 18, 28–9, 34, 36; joins Dohbama Asi-ayone, 10, 132; helps to found Freedom Bloc, 11; plan, 12–13; and Japanese offer, 14–15, 306; leads Thirty Comrades, 15, 55; as hero of the people, 18, 55, 186–7; a leader of Burma Defence Army, 17; marries, 18–19; War Minister, 19, 306; and conflict with Karens, 20; launch of Anti-Fascist Organization, 21; Kandy meeting, 23; concentrates on political front, 23–4, 55; and White Paper, 24; president of AFPFL, 25; accused of murder, 26–7; denounces communists, 29–30; Aung San–Attlee Agreement, 30–31, 276–7, 306; negotiates with ethnic minorities, 32; campaign for AFPFL, 33; series of conferences in Rangoon, 34; last public speech, 34; assessed, 35–7, 186–91; on leaders, 128; and links between thought and action, 131, 329; exhorts people to develop courage, 182; and Gandhi, 183; federal state as goal, 315
Aung San–Attlee Agreement, 30–31, 276–9
Aung Than (later Setkya), 15
Aung Zeya (later Alaungpaya), 52
Aurobindo, Sri, 105, 107
Australia, xxviii, 354
Ava, 41, 49–52, 63, 85, 154
Ba Hein, 14, 20, 21
Ba Hpe, 115, 121
Ba Maung Chein, Mrs, 303–4
Ba Maw, 11, 14, 17, 19,32
Ba Sein, 31–2
Ba Swe, 20
Ba Thaung, 130
Ba Win, 5
Bago, 344
Bangkok, 15, 16
Bania, Kathiawad, 122
Barham, Hakim, 123
Bassein, 212
Bayinnaung, 51, 52
BBC, 277, 278, 337, 340
Beikthano, 45, 46
Beinnaka, 48
Ben Bella, Ahmed, 283
Bengal, 63, 100, 105, 106, 116, 123
Bengali, 63, 96, 123
Besant, Annie, 104
Bhagavad Gita, 106
bhakti devotional literature, 115
Bhutan, xix, xxviii, 39, 287, 295
Bhutto, Benazir, 355
‘Blue-Print for Burma’, 20
Bo Set Kya, 277
Bodawpaya, King, 63, 84, 90
boh, 186, 187
Boh Diga (Hmaing), 114
Boh Tika (Hmaing), 149
Boumedienne, Houari, 283
Boycott Student (Thein Pe), 132
Brahmo Sabha, 89
Brahmo Samah, 115
British Empire, 25, 53, 83, 100, 142
Buddha Sasana Noggaha Association, 103
Burma: from Kingdom to Republic (Trager), 284
Burma Act, 24
Burma Book Club, 130
Burma Communist Party (BCP), 308, 309
Burma Defence Army, 17, 19, 20
Burma Human Rights Day, 338
Burma Independence Army, xviii, 15–18, 20, 26, 186, 306, 324
Burma National Army (BNA), 19, 21
Burma Research Society, 119, 120, 126, 145
Burma Revolutionary Party, 20–21
Burma Road, 14
Burma Round-Table Conference, 303
Burma Socialist Programme Party (Lanzin Party); later National Unity Party), xvii-xviii, 56, 188, 204, 206, 220, 221–2, 308, 332
Burmese, 20, 46, 48, 51, 52, 62, 63, 66–78, 81, 85, 155
Burmese Council, 24, 25
Burmese language, 6, 7, 47, 90, 97, 117–18, 126, 134, 135, 145, 151, 152, 290, 304, 305
Burmese New Year, 11, 71, 340
Bwe Karens, 60
Calcutta, 106, 109
Calcutta University, 90
Cambodia, 323
Chatterji, Bankimchandra, 89, 106, 123–4
Chaudhuri, Nirad C., 99, 105–7
Chin State, 40
China, 39, 48, 79, 195, 303, 318
Chinese immigrants, 53, 66, 76, 101, 103, 104, 141, 147
Chins, 32, 40, 55, 57, 58, 60, 132
Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein, 306
Churchill, Sir Winston, 25
Collins, Michael, 132
Committee of Public Instruction of India, 94
Communists, 11, 13, 19, 20–21, 23, 29–30, 33
Constituent Assembly, 303, 313
Craddock Scheme, 149
Crespo, Baron, 275
Dagon, 41, 50
Dainet people, 63
Danu people, 64
Danubyu Incident, 217, 290, 309 339–40
Das, C. R., 128
Dayananda, Swami, 89
De Brito (governor of Syriam), 52
De Valera, Eamon, 128, 132
Delhi, 30, 282
Delhi University, 325
Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), 312
Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS), 335
dhamma, 169–70, 171, 177, 215
Dhammazedi, King, 49, 50
Dharma, 67
Directorate of Defence Services Intelligence, 309
Dohbama Asi-ayone (We Burmese Organization), 10, 11, 129, 130, 132, 134, 144; see also Thakin Party
Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald, 24–8
Dubek, Alexander, 275
Duroiselle, Charles, 119
Dutt, Michael Madhusudan, 106
E-gyin, 64
E-yoe, 62
East India Company, 84, 110
Education Despatch, 96
Engels, Frederick, 87
European Community, xxiv, 354
European Parliament, 180, 275, 323
Evian, Treaty of, 282
Executive Council, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36–7, 279, 313
Falam Chins, 57
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), 284
Faulder, Dominic, 224–6
First Indian War of Independence, 87
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 284
France, 52, 355
Freedom Bloc, 11–12, 14
Furnivall, J. S., 119–20, 130
Gandhi, Indira, 281
Gandhi, Mahatma, 105, 107–8, 116, 117, 121, 122, 123, 128, 132, 142, 183, 184, 281, 321, 325, 328, 331, 333, 347, 355
Gandhi, Rajiv, 281
Gandhi, Sanjay, 281
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 281
General Council of Buddhist Associations (GCBA), 6–7, 129, 142–3, 144 149–50
George V, King, 102, 122
Germans, 220, 221, 222
Ghosh, Aurobindo, 89
Gitanjali (Tagore), 116
Gokhale, G. K., 89, 106, 123
Golden Triangle, 65–6
Gonne, Maud, 299
Gore-Booth, Sir Paul (later Lord), 282
Gore-Booth, Lady Patricia, 282
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, 19
Gupt, Maithilisharan, 122–3
Gupta dynasty, 46
Hainan island, 15
Halcha Chins, 57
Halin, 45
Hall, Fielding, 92, 99, 121
Haney, J. A., 110
Hanthawaddy, kingdom of, 155
Harvard University, 299
Hastings, Warren, 109
Hickey, James, 109
Hinayana, see Theravada Buddhism
Hindu College, 91
Hla Gyaw, James, 118
Hla Myaing (later Yan Aung), 13
Hla Pe (later Le Ya), 8, 10, 15
Hlaing Hteik Khaung Tin, Queen, 279
Hmaing, Thakin Kodaw (Hsaya Lun), 10, 114–15, 117, 120, 121, 131, 148–50, 153
Hmawbi Hsaya Thein, 153
Home and the World (Tagore), 124
Hpo Kya, U, 151
Hsaya Lun, see Hmaing, Thakin Kodaw
Hsaya San, 6, 129, 143–4
Hsaya San uprising, 6, 7, 149
Hurd, Douglas, 354
Iida, General, 17
Indian Communist Party, 30
Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla, 288, 304, 325
Indian National Congress, 104
Indian immigrants, 53, 66, 76, 101, 103, 104, 141, 147
Indo-Burmese riots (1930), 10, 144
Indo-China, 48
Indonesia, 158
Insein, 344, 351
International Commission of Jurists, 211
Intha people, 64, 65
Irrawaddy delta, xxix, 40, 42, 45
Irrawaddy District, 339
Irrawaddy river, 22, 40
Islam, and Arakan, 63, 64
Italy, 50
Jain-Vaishnava, 122
Jakatas, 173
Japan/Japanese: trains Aung San, xviii; invasion of Burma, xviii, 13, 16, 54; Japanese offer (1941), 14–15, 306; occupation of Burma, 16, 17, 133, 276; Burmese and Allied troops defeat, 22, 55; strength and independence, 54, 142; S. in, 288, 298, 304, 305; withdraws aid to Burma, 354
Japan–Burma Friendship Association, 14, 288
Jingpaw, 58, 59, 219
Jones, William, 90
Judson, Adoniram, 109
Judson college, 125
Kabir, Humayun, 98, 123
Kachin State, xix, 40, 44, 58, 218, 219, 220, 222
Kachins, 5, 32, 40, 55, 57–60, 64, 132, 323
Kalaw, 65
Kaman people, 63
Kandy agreement, 23, 25
Kanyans, 45
Karai Kasang, 58–9
Karen State, 61, 303–4
Karennis (Red Karens), 61
Karens, 20, 40, 52, 57, 60, 61, 62, 81, 85, 101, 132, 155, 311, 323, 324
Kayah State, 61
Kayahs, 40, 57, 62
Khhaung Cawi, 58
Khin Khin Le, Dagon, 155
Khin Kyi, Daw, xvii, xix, xxi–xxii, 18–19, 205–6, 219–20, 276, 279–82, 289, 290–91, 299, 304, 325, 336
Khin Myo Chit (Thein Pe), 156–7
Khitsan Poems, 127, 150
Khitsan Stories, 127, 150
Khitsan writers, 127, 128, 131, 150–53
Khmer racial group, 97
King, Martin Luther, 325, 347
Konbaung dynasty, 10, 52, 53, 90, 108, 112, 303
Krishna Kunwar (Barham), 123
Kuhtobo festival, 62
Kulangsu, Amoy, China, 13
Kyansittha, King, 47–8
Kyaw Nyein, 8, 9, 20, 29, 36
Kyaw Zaw, 16, 19
Kyi Maung, U, 311
Kyo, 73
Kyoto, xxvii
Kyoto University, 288, 298, 304, 325
lacquerware, 79–80
Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi, 281
Lai-mi, see Chins
Lanzin Party, see Burma Socialist Programme Party
Laos, 39, 65
Latt, U, 118, 146–8
Lawkanada, U, 8
Leke faith, 60
Let Ta, 16, 19
Let-We Thondara, 189
Let Ya (previously Hla Pe), 8, 17, 19, 20, 23
Lintner, B., 332
Lisu, 58, 60, 219
London University, xix, 288
longyis, 77, 80, 292–95
Lower Burma, 49, 51, 52, 84, 91, 100, 101, 103, 112, 118, 141, 146
Lwin, Colonel, 286
Macaulay, Thomas, 94–6, 105
Magwe Division, 44, 335
Maha Hswe, 154
Maha Myamuni, 63
Mahabharata, xxvii, 106
Mahavamas, 172
Mahavira, Vardharmana, 98
Mahayana sect, 47
Maitreya, 60
manao feasts, 59
Mandalay, 3–4, 11, 22, 41, 52, 53, 63, 69, 73, 78, 79, 85, 86, 91, 93, 99, 101, 103, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 118, 142, 144, 148, 155, 157–8, 306, 311, 335, 353
Mandela, Nelson, 275
Manerplaw, 311
Manipur, 52, 53, 84
Marchenko, Anatoli, 275
Marcos, Ferdinand, 355
Martaban, 49, 50
Martyrs’ Day (19 July), xix, 279, 343, 348, 349, 350
Marus, 58, 60
Marx, Karl, 87
Mary, Queen, 102
Maung Gyi, Ledi-pandita U, 153
Maung Hmaing, see Hmaing, Thakin Kodaw
Maung Maung, Dr, 197, 200
Maung Yin Maung Ma Me Ma (Hla Gyaw), 118, 145
May Oung, U, 113–14, 115, 117, 119, 120–21
Mazzini, Giuseppe, 128
Mehrauli, New Delhi, 282
Memorandum on Vernacular Education for British Burma, 97, 102
Min Thuwun, 127, 152–3
Min Yaung, U, 4
Minami Kikan, 13–17
Mindon, King, 109, 110
Minkhaung, King, 49
Minkyinyo, King, 51
Minute (Macaulay, 1835), 94–6
Mokaung, 218
Mon language, 47, 126, 151
Mon-Khmers, 57, 64, 81
Mon-Shans, 49
Mongols, 46, 48, 49, 63, 85
Monin, P., 126, 151
Mons, 40, 44–5, 47–52, 57, 62, 63 79, 81, 84, 85, 97, 100–101, 132, 155, 323
Moulmein, 42, 102, 109, 114, 149, 336
Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 22, 23
Mramagyi people, 63
Mueller, Max, 90
Muslims, 11, 87, 98, 105
Mya, 19
Myatleshwedaboh (Zeyya), 155
Mydans, Seth, 301
Myenigon Circle, 341–2, 344
Myint Thein, U, 280
Myitkyina, Kachin State, 218, 221
myittaza, 117
Myo people, 63
Nagani (Red Dragon) Book Club, 132
Nagarjuna, 98
Nahkan-daw (U So Myint), 154
names, 75
Nanchao, China, 46
nat worship, 70–71
National Assembly, 322, 323
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), 311–12
National College, Rangoon, 143
National Day, 212–13
National League for Democracy (NLD), 214–6, 218, 224, 310, 311, 321, 345; formed, xxi, 290, 306, 307, 320, 335; S. consolidates strength of, xviii, xxii, 337; victory in 1990 elections, xxvi, 275–6, 352–3, 354; Bahan Township Committee, 227; S. continues as leader, 302; and Aung Gyi, 306, 308, 336; accusations of being communist inspired, 308, 336, 342, 343, 344; manifesto, 313–14; S. denies that NLD incites demonstrations, 339; S. on NLD and Defence Forces, 340, 341; S.’s response to allegations of terrorism, 349; fast at NLD office, 351; calls on government to make concessions, 353
National Opposition Front, 32
National School, Yenangyuang, 5
National Schools, 5, 126, 128, 143, 329
National Unity Party (NUP; previously Burma Socialist Programme Party), 310, 311, 352
Natmauk, 3, 4, 5
Natshinnaung (U Maung Hswe), 153–4, 155
Nawadei the First, 154
Ne Win, 225, 285, 321, 325, 333, 335, 344, 347; rules Burma after military coup, xvii, 281, 290, 315; resignation, xvii–xviii, xx, 332, 347; military officers loyal to Ne Win retain power, xxi; S. voices belief that still politically powerful, xxiii, 307, 343, 348; as one of Thirty Comrades, 16; and timing of resistance, 19; and Aung Gyi, 336; and 1990 elections, 353
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal, 105, 106, 107, 116, 121, 132, 183, 184, 281, 282
Nehru, Motilal, 128
Nepal, xxix, 39
New Delhi, 281, 282
New York, xix, 283
New York University, 284
New Zealand, 354
nirvana, 67, 75, 171
NLD, see National League for Democracy
Nobel Peace Prize, 354
Nu, U, 8–11, 35, 56, 131, 132, 281, 303, 306, 315, 325, 333, 351–2
Ohn, U, 281
Old Burmese, 126
opium trade, 65–6
Ottama, U, 6, 142, 149
Oxford, xvii, xxi, xxiii, xxiv, xxvi, xviii, 217, 288, 296–8
Oxford University, xviii, xix, 282, 288, 291, 292–5, 296, 325
Pa-an, 210
pa-daw-hmu, 158
Pacific War, 306
Padaung, 62
Pagan, 46–9, 51, 72, 74, 80, 85, 151
Pagan U Tin, 153
Palaung group, 64
Pali, 6, 7, 47, 90, 97, 98, 117, 126, 148, 151
Panglong Conference, 32, 324
Pa-o, 64
Pao Karens, 60
Paramhamsa, Ramakrishna, 98–9
Pasian, 57
Passionara, La, 355
Patriotic Burmese Forces (PBF), 23, 25, 30
Pau Chin Hau, 57
Pau Chin Hau script, 57–8
Paw Tun, 32
Pe Maung Tin, U, 126, 127, 150
Pegu, 45, 49, 50, 51, 84, 97, 303, 335
Pegu Yoma, 40
People’s Volunteer Organization (PVO), 25, 30, 31, 35
Petleik pagoda, Pagan, 120
Pha, U, 4
Phayre, Arthur, 93–7, 102
Pindaya caves, 65
Plachte, Miss, 297
Po Kya, U, 126
Portuguese, 50, 51, 52, 154
Pound, Ezra, 116
Premchand, 123
PVO, see People’s Volunteer Organization
pwes, 73
Pyinmana, 142
Pyithu Hlutaw Parliament, 227, 301, 304, 312–13, 314
Pyu language, 126, 151
Pyus, 45, 46, 48, 126
Radhakrishnan, Sir Sarvepalli, 105, 106
Rakhines, see Arakanese
Ramakrishna, Sri, 89
Ramayana, xxvi, 72, 106
Ranade, M. C., 89, 106
Rance, Major-General Hubert, 23, 28, 29
Rangabhumi (Premchand), 123
Rangoon (main references): Daw Khin Kyi’s funeral in, xxi–xxii; S. calls off march in, xxiii; march of peasants on, 11, 144; falls to Japanese, 17; victory parade, 22; Dorman-Smith returns to, 25, 27; Aung San convenes conferences in, 34; origin of name, 41; assumes a hybrid character, 102; effects of designation as capital, 108; and English-based education, 112; armed forces seize men in, 209–10; and 1990 elections, 352
Rangoon City Corporation, 303
Rangoon City Hall, xxiv–xxv
Rangoon College, 90, 113, 119, 125, 142
Rangoon General Hospital, 18, 192, 332
Rangoon Students’ Union, 343
Rangoon University, 6–10, 12, 54, 125, 126, 132, 144, 145, 303, 338
Rangoon University Act, 5, 6, 9, 125, 132, 143, 149, 329
Rashid, 8
Red Karens, 61
Revolution of 1300, 11, 144
Roy, Rammohun, 88–9, 96, 121
Russia, 54, 95
Sagaing district, 325
Sagaw Karens, 60
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, 292–3, 298, 304
St John’s College, Oxford, 292, 296
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, 180, 275, 323, 354
Saw Hla, U, 158
Saw Maung, xxii, 14, 31–2, 35, 346, 348
Saw-Sein-Maw group, 33
Sawlu, King, 47, 48
School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, xix, 288, 304
Seagrim, Major, 20
Sein Lwin, Dr, 311–12, 332
Sen, Keshub Chunder, 89
Sepoy Mutiny, 87
Sesser, S., 336
Setkya (previously Aung Than), 15, 16
Sevasadan (Premchand), 123
Shan State, 20, 43, 44, 47, 62, 64, 65, 335, 337
Shans, 32, 40, 48–52, 55, 57, 62, 64–6, 81, 84, 85, 97, 100, 132, 155, 219, 323
Shin Saw Bu, Queen, 49
shinbyu, 71–2
shinlaung, 71
Shouting Feast, 61
Shwe Sun-Nyo (Dagon Khin Khin Le), 155–6
Shwebo, 20, 52
Shwedagon pagoda, xv, 49–50, 69, 79, 192–8, 333, 337
Shwemawdaw pagoda, 50
Shwenandaw monastery, 78
Shwepyiso (U Latt), 118, 146–7
Shwethalyaung pagoda, 50
silverware, 80
Simla, xxiii, xxviii, 288, 289, 298
Sinyetha Party, 11
Sithtwet thu (Maha Hswe), 154–5
Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount, 22 SLORC, see State Law and Order Restoration Council
So Mint, U, 154
Socialist Party, 306
Soe, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 131, 132
Soe Tin, U, 285, 286
Sorrenta Villa, Rangoon, 34
South Africa, 122
State Law and Order Restoration Council, xxi, xxvi, xxvii, 212, 224–6, 333, 336, 339, 344, 345, 347, 348, 349
Su, Daw, 4
Suez Canal, 87
Sule pagoda, 348
Supayalat, Queen, 85, 303
Suzuki, Keiji, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20
swadeshi movement, 105, 143
Sweden, 354
Syriam, 52, 154
tabaung, 158
Tabinshwehti (U Maung Gyi), 51, 52
Tagaung, 46, 48
Tagore, Debendranath, 115
Tagore, Dwarkanath, 115
Tagore, Rabindranath, 89, 105, 115–17, 121, 122, 124
Talaings, see Mons
Tamwe, 344
Tantrism, 47
Taunggyi, 65
Taungu dynasty, 97
Tenasserim, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 84, 109, 114
Tet-hpongyi (Thein Pe), 156
Thabon-gyi (Maha Hswe), 154–5
Thai group of peoples, 48
Thai-Shans, 48, 57, 60, 64, 81
Thailand, 39, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 65, 72, 79, 84, 90
Thakin Party, 15, 130, 144; see also Dohbama Asi-ayone
Thakin Tika (Hmaing), 150
Thakins, 10, 12, 21, 32, 36, 54, 130, 132, 144
Than Tun, 10, 14, 21–4, 29, 131, 132
Thant, U, 285, 336
Thant Myint U, 252, 260
Thapar, Karan, 199–202
Thaton, 45, 47, 79
Thayekhittaya, 45, 46
Thein Maung, U, 14, 19, 155
Thein Pe, 8, 9, 10, 19–20, 23, 29, 30, 131–2, 156–7
Thein-Than group, 29, 30
Theippan Maung Wa, 127–8, 151–2
Theks, 45, 63
Theravada Buddhism, 46–7, 49, 66, 141–2
Theravada sect, 47
Thibaw, King, 53, 78, 85, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 118, 148, 155, 156, 158
Thingyan, 71, 72
Thirty Comrades, xiv, 15, 16, 17, 54, 276, 277
Thohanbwa, King, 154
Thonzekhuna Min, 70
Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for Human Rights, 323, 354
Tibeto-Burmans, 45, 46, 57, 58, 60, 63, 64, 81, 97
Tidam Chins, 57
Tienanmen Square, Peking, 289
Tilak, 92–3, 106, 121, 123, 128
Tin, U, 108, 310, 350, 351, 353
Tin Mya, Thakin, 308
Tin Tut, 31, 32
Tin U, 306, 335, 346
Tin Win, 344
Tinker, Hugh, 283
Tojo, General, 19
Tokyo, 13, 18
Toungoo, 22, 50–51
Trager, Professor Frank N., 35–6, 283–4
Tripitaka, 47
Tun Ok, 15, 17, 26, 27, 32
Twenty-One Party, 6
United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD), 352, 353
United Nations, 215, 283, 293, 299, 305; Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 284; Charter, 314; Commission on Human Rights, 214, 216; General Assembly, 208, 209, 211, 285, 286, 335; Information Centre, 282; Secretariat, 287, 305, 325
United States, 354
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 175, 177, 182, 214, 215
Unlawful Associations Act, 29
Upanisads, 89, 115
Upper Burma, 85, 100, 101, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 141, 145, 148, 149, 156
Vedas, 89
Victoria, Queen, 84
Vidyasagar, I. C., 89, 96, 121
Vivekananda, Swami, 89, 105
Water Festival, 71
Wayang, 301
‘We Burmese’ Organization, see Dohbama Asi-ayone
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 1st Marquis, 109
White Paper on Burma (May 1945), 24, 27, 28
WHO (World Health Organization), 284
Wizaya, 172
Women’s Freedom League, 304
Woodworth, Lewis, 212, 218
Wunthanu, 143, 146, 147, 148, 153
Yamazat, 72
Yan Aung (previously Hla Myaing), 13
Yan Naing, 16
Yaywins, 58, 60
Yazadhirit, King, 49
Ye Myanma (U Thein Maung), 155
Yeats, W. B., 116, 299–300
Yenangyaung, 5, 8, 11, 144, 157
Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA), 6, 113, 114, 115, 117, 129, 142, 149
Young Men’s Christian Association, 113, 142
Zawgyi, 127, 152
Zeya, 16, 155
Zia, General, 355
Zo-mi, see Chins