Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar)

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Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar) is a national day of remembrance honoring General Aung San and other leaders assassinated in 1947, observed annually on July 19 in Myanmar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar) canonical 1
Martyrs’ Day of Myanmar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national day of remembrance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arzarni Day ⓘ
linked to: Mashujaa Day

Martyrs’ Day of Myanmar ⓘ
associatedWith Aung San Mausoleum ⓘ
Shwedagon Pagoda vicinity ⓘ
commemoratesDate 1947-07-19 ⓘ
commemoratesEvent assassination of Aung San and colleagues ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
flagStatus national flag flown at half-mast ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Bamar people ⓘ
linked to: Bamar

ethnic minorities of Myanmar ⓘ
hasSecurityMeasures increased security at ceremonies ⓘ
historicalContext pre-independence political negotiations ⓘ
transition from British colonial rule ⓘ
honors Abdul Razak ⓘ
Ba Cho ⓘ
Ba Win ⓘ
General Aung San ⓘ
linked to: Aung San

Mahn Ba Khaing ⓘ
Ohn Maung ⓘ
Thakin Mya ⓘ
Thein Maung ⓘ
legalStatus officially recognized national day in Myanmar ⓘ
linkedToPerson Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
linkedToPersonReason daughter of General Aung San ⓘ
mainCeremonySite Martyrs’ Mausoleum, Yangon ⓘ
mainLocationOfObservance Yangon ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media coverage ⓘ
observedBy Myanmar government ⓘ
citizens of Myanmar ⓘ
civil society organizations in Myanmar ⓘ
political parties in Myanmar ⓘ
observedOn July 19 ⓘ
politicalSignificance symbol of anti-colonial struggle ⓘ
symbol of national unity ⓘ
relatedTo Burmese independence movement ⓘ
history of Myanmar ⓘ
religiousAspect may include Buddhist rites ⓘ
primarily secular observance ⓘ
theme remembrance of national heroes ⓘ
sacrifice for independence ⓘ
timeOfDayForMainCeremony 10:37 a.m. ⓘ
timeOfDayForMainCeremonyReason time of the 1947 assassination ⓘ
typeOfObservance moments of silence ⓘ
official speeches ⓘ
public commemoration ⓘ
wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aung San → commemoratedBy → Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar) ⓘ
Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar) → alsoKnownAs → Martyrs’ Day of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Martyrs’ Day (Myanmar)