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Rangoon
Ne Win
History of Myanmar
1943
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier
1943
Burmese Army
Brigadier in the newly founded
Burmese
Army
1949
Commander
Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army
1958
Party Leader
Appointed
Party
Leader
of the
Burma
Socialist
Program Party
1958
Prime Minister
Appointed
Prime
Minister
of Burma
1962
Coup d'Etat
Leads the military coup & becomes dictator ruling through the
Revolutionary
Council
2nd Mar
Seizes power from U Nu
1962
President
2nd Mar
Appointed
President
of Burma
1962
Publication
Combines Buddhist thought with Marxist theory as the nation's official policy
Publication of, "The
Burmese
Way
to Socialism"
1964
Political Parties
Bans all political parties
1969
Invasion of Burma
Former
President
U Nu is released & tries to invade
Burma
from
Thai
land but fails
1969
Rebellion
U Nu is released from prison & tries to invade
Burma
from
Thai
land but fails
1972
Resignation
Resigns from the army to conceal his authority
1974
State President
Appointed
State
President
of Burma
1981
Resignation
Resigns as
President
but retains the essential position as head of the party
1987
Reform
Banknotes in denominations of 25 Kyats or greater are declared worthless
Currency reforms are aimed at the black marketeers but robbing people of their savings
1988
Massacre
Rangoon
Students demonstrate, they are broken up by the army who kill about 200 & arrest 3000
1988
Rebellion
Rangoon
Students demonstrate, they are broken up by the army who kill about 200 & arrest 3000
21st June Rangoon
Universities are closed & a dusk-to-dawn curfew is placed on
Rangoon
& other cities
1988
Resignation
23rd July
Announces resignation as
Party
Chairman
at the
Party
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