U Tin Tut, ICS
ဦးတင္ထြဋ္ အိုင္စီအက္စ္
U Tin Tut (Burmese:
ဦးတင္ထြဋ္ ; 1 February 1895 –
18 September 1948) was the first Foreign
Minister of the Union of Burma, and the Minister of Finance in General Aung San's
pre-independence government. Dulwich
and Cambridge educated U Tin Tut was the first
Burmese to become an Indian Civil Service officer.
U Tin Tut, ICS, U Aung Zan Wai, U Pe Khin, Bo
Hmu Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Bo Khin Maung Galay, Dr. Sein Mya Maung, Myoma U Than
Kywe were most important negotiators and leaders of the historical Panglong Conference negotiated with Burma
national top leader General Aung San and other top leaders in 1947. All these
leaders decided to join together to form the Union of Burma. Union day
celebration is one of the greatest in the history of Burma.
He was Prime Minister General Aung San's
deputy in the government. He was wounded but survived the shooting on 19 July 1947 that claimed
the lives of General Aung San and six other cabinet ministers. He was
assassinated in September 1948.
References:
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Thant
Myint-U (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps--Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus
and Giroux. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
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Maung Htin
Aung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge
University Press. p. 308.
