Bo Taya ဗိုလ်တာရာ | |
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| Member of theAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
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| Born | Khin Maung Oo (1913-04-13)13 April 1913 Pyinmana,Myanmar |
| Died | 6 February 1993(1993-02-06) (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | Grade 10 English-Burmese |
| Occupation | Writer, Politician |
Bo Taya (born as Khin Maung Oo, 13 April 1919 inPyinman) was aBurmese writer, military officer and a member of theThirty Comrades.[1] He served in theBurmese National Army (BIA) and Burmese Defense Force and participated in the Japanese Revolution.[2][3][4]
On 13 April 1919, he was born inPyinmana. His birth name was Khin Maung Oo.
In 1936, he joined the Pyinmana District'sDobama Asiayone and was actively involved in theDistrict Federation of Student Unions, District Burial Armed Forces and in the establishment of the Farmers' Union within the district.
From 1942 to 1945, he joined the Burmese National Army (BIA) and Burmese Defense Force and participated in the Japanese Revolution.
In 1959, he married Daw Saw Khin. In the1960 Burmese general election, he was elected as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP. In 1961, he received a literature award for his novelThirty Comrades's Back of Home.
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Bo Taya died inYangon on February 6, 1993.[5]