Thakin

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 694 words | Copyright

Thakin (master), the common name for the Dobama Asi-ayone (We Burmans) Society, an amalgamation of two nationalist, communist-minded student groups, mostly from Rangoon University, who sought collaboration with the Japanese to gain Burma's independence from the UK. ‘Thakin’ was the usual manner of addressing Europeans and its members wanted to show their equality with them. Their leader, Aung San, fled Burma and helped create the Burma Independence Army with 30 other Thakins. This eventually gave them political dominance in Burma under the Japanese occupation and the Thakin Party flag became the national flag, and the party song the national anthem. See also nationalism.

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