Van. U Ottama Day Will Hold in Malaysia

Van. U Ottama Day Will Hold in Malaysia
August 22, 2009


Arakanese community in Malaysia is acting of preparation to hold of 70th Anniversary of Ven.U Otthama(1880-1939) Day in September 2009 according to a report from New York, U.S.A.

Arakanese activates are motivating to organize all of Arakanese who are living in Malaysia to hold it successfully. The source said, Dr Aye Kyaw, an expert of Arakanese and Burmese, will be attended to speech as speaker in this anniversary.

Ashun U Otthama was born in Akyab (Sitetwe), Arakan. He was the first one leader of Burma independence movement against British colonial rule in Burma. His political defiance policy was non-violence. He spoke "Sir Reginald Craddock Get Out" was instigated to getting the brave all of suffering people of Burma to anti British rule. This was effected the cause of to gain Burma independence from Great Britain in 1948.

However, Burmese government and its successors are very unhappy to accept Ven. U Otthama was a person as a national figure of Burma due to he was Arakanese (Rakhine)

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