Lost Footsteps
Lost Footsteps

Explorations in Myanmar and global history

Explore Through Key Periods

British Burma (1826-1942)

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Myanmar's Neighbours Past and Present

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Early Modern Myanmar and its Global Connections (1510-1824AD)

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A post from the archives

1954

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The First Myanmar Actress in Hollywood
The First Myanmar Actress in Hollywood
Win Min Than achieved Hollywood fame as the co-star with Gregory Peck of the 1954 film The Purple Plain, based on the 1947 novel of the same name by British author H.E. Bates, and set during the Burma Campaign of World War Two. The Purple Plain was her first acting experience, and though offered many subsequent roles, she chose never to appear in a film again. She was married to Bo Setkya of the Thirty Comrades. 

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About this project

The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.

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