Today in History
27 April 1967 - 29 October 1967
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Brigadier Tin Pe at the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition ("Expo '67") was one of the most successful of all the many World's Fairs of the 20th century, with over 50 million people visiting and 62 nations, including Burma, participating. The Burma Pavilion highlighted the country's precious stones, mineral, forest and agricultural products, Burmese music was performed, and Burmese food and cigars were on sale.
This was during the height of the Revolutionary Council's "Burmese Way to Socialism", with the economy collapsing fast and...
people Brigadier Tin Pe Yi Yi Chit Maung Mrs. Robert Shaw
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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.