All Burma Federation of Student Unions

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"...The former name of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions was the All Burma Students? Union(ABSU). It was formed in March 1936 and initiated by Gen Aung San and other student leaders under the colonial rule. In Burmese political background,ABSU and student unions were very active and key role for the Burmese Independent Movements. After the National Independent Movement, ABSU had struggled for internal peace and national reconciliation amongst the national forces and political parties.Moreover,ABSU had fight for the national education system in order to against the governments? poor educational policy. So ABSU and other student unions were crackdown by the government and went underground in 1949. In 1950, secret meetings were held in an effort to revitalize the ABSU. In 1951, despite the atmosphere of oppression and the dissent sowed by the government crackdown, students banded together to form the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU)..."

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2003-06-03

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