Ko Htwe (Burmese: ကိုထွေး, pronounced [kò tʰwé]; 1929 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese security officer who was killed in the assassination of Burmese pre-independence government leaders on 19 July 1947.[1][2][3][4] He was a bodyguard of U Razak, the Minister for Ministry of Education and National Planning. Ko Htwe was the lone non-office holder who was killed. Seven cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) and a deputy minister were killed in their meeting room at the Secretariat compound in downtown Yangon.[5] 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Comrade Ko Htwe | |
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| ကိုထွေး | |
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| Born | Mg Htwe 1929 |
| Died | 19 July 1947 (aged 17–18) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Known for | U Razak's bodyguard and Martyr of Burma |
| Parent(s) | Ko Ko Lay (father) Min Yi (mother) |
Htwe was only 18 at his death. He was born to Ko Ko Lay, an officer at the Department of Agriculture and his wife Min Yi in Mandalay.[5][13][14][15]
References edit
- ^ "Paying tribute to the country's heroes". The Myanmar Times. 22 July 2019.
- ^ "What did we learn from the martyrs?". The Myanmar Times. 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Nation commemorates 69th Martyrs' Day anniversary". The Myanmar Times. 20 July 2016.
- ^ "The 70th Myanmar Martyr's Day". Yangon Life. 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b Tin Naing Toe (18 July 2010). "Brief Biographies of the Martyrs". Bi-Weekly Eleven (in Burmese). Weekly Eleven Publishing Group.
- ^ "Yebaw Ko Htwe, An Arzarni Adhering To Duty". Global New Light of Myanmar. 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Muse residents disapprove of plan to install only Gen. Aung San statue". Burma News International. 6 March 2018.
- ^ "အာဇာနည်တွေကို မမေ့ကြပါနဲ့…". The Irrawaddy. 17 July 2017.
- ^ "အာဇာနည်များ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်း". Mizzima (in Burmese). 19 July 2017.
- ^ "ရဲဘော် ကိုထွေးအတွက် သမိုင်းကွက်လပ်ဖြည့်ခြင်း". 7Day News (in Burmese). 19 July 2019.
- ^ "လူမသိသူမသိ အာဇာနည်နေ့ အကြောင်း ၉ ချက်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Myanmar ignores ethnic divisions to honor Muslim martyr". www.aa.com.tr. 19 July 2016.
- ^ Forward. Department of Information and Broadcasting. 1983.
- ^ "၇၃ နှစ်မြောက် အာဇာနည်နေ့တွင် တာမွေမြို့နယ် မွတ်စလင်သချႋုင်းရှိ ဦးရာဇတ်နှင့် ရဲဘော်ကိုထွေးအုတ်ဂူ၌ အခမ်းအနား မပြုလုပ်ဘဲ တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်ချင်းဖြင့် လာရောက်ဂါရဝပြု". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). 19 July 2020.
- ^ "ဦးရာဇတ်နှင့် ရဲဘော်ကိုထွေးတို့၏ ဂူဗိမာန်တွင် မိသားစုဝင်မာျးနှင့် ပြည်သူများ ဂါရဝပြု". DVB. 19 July 2016.