Thakin Kodaw Hmaing

Kodaw Hmaing, born Maung Lun on 23 March 1876 in Walei, in Lower Burma, or in 1875 according to Tin Htway, settled in Rangoon in the mid-1890s to write plays in verse, then became a journalist in Moulmein and, from 1911, at the daily Thuriya. He joined the Dobama Asiayone in 1934 and became the guiding figure of the young nationalists, taking from them the title of thakin, then devoted his last years to civil peace. He died on 23 July 1964 and is buried near the Shwedagon Pagoda.

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• Chronicleဗိုလ်ဋီကာThakin Kodaw Hmaing · 1914not translated into EnglishLiterature