Aung San, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aung San

Burmese revolutionary leader

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1915

Place of Birth: Natmauk, Magway Region, Myanmar

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1947

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Myanmar

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bogyoke (Major General) Aung San (Burmese: ?????????? ?????????; MLCTS: buil hkyup aung hcan:, pronounced [bòd?o?? à?? s?á?]; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician and revolutionary.
He served as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1946 to 1947.
Initially he was a communist and later a social democratic politician.
He was known as a revolutionary, nationalist, and as the founder of the Tatmadaw (modern-day Myanmar Armed Forces), and is considered as the Father of the Nation of modern-day Myanmar. He was responsible for bringing about Burma's independence from British rule, but was assassinated six months before independence.
During World War Two, he initially collaborated with Japan following their invasion of Burma before swapping sides to the British.
He is recognized as the leading architect of independence, and the founder of the Union of Burma.
Affectionately known as "Bogyoke" (Major General), Aung San is still widely admired by the Burmese people, and his name is still invoked in Burmese politics to this day. Aung San's daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a stateswoman and politician and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who is now serving as State Counsellor and 20th and First Female Minister of Foreign Affairs in Win Myint's Cabinet.