Union Peace Conference- 21st Century Panglong held

Q.  When was the Panglong Agreement brokered in Myanmar by independence hero Gen. Aung San?

- Published on 01 Sep 16

a. 1942
b. 1947
c. 1949
d. 1944

ANSWER: 1947
 
Numerous representatives of Myanmar’s ethnic tribes gathered in the country’s capital city for historic peace talks to end separatist insurgencies that have claimed many lives
The 5 day talks have been called in Naypitaw by new government led by Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Khun Than Myint was the facilitator of the meeting, whose official title is Union Peace Conference — 21st Century Panglong.
  • The Panglong Agreement was brokered in 1047 by Gen. Aung San
  • The 1947 deal guaranteed ethnic minority the right to secede and autonomy if they worked with the federal government to break away from Britain altogether
  • Aung San was assassinated the following year and the deal fell through
  • The first uprising launched by Kachin insurgents soon began after independence
  • Other ethnic groups have taken up arms as well
  • Rebel armies control remote territories rich in jade and timber located in north and east along the border with China and Thailand, representing various ethnic groups that resisted Burmanisation, a push by the ethnic minority in Burma to propagate language, religion and culture in ethnic minority regions.

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