Rangoon University Students' Union Archives

Period 1988-1989
Total size   0.13 m.
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History

In 1931, the Rangoon University Students' Union was formed as a social organization; in 1935 Aung San, Ko Nu, Ko Thein Pe and Ko Kyaw Nyein became the leaders of the RUSU and led the second university students' strike against British colonial rule; on 8th May 1936 the first students' conference was held in Rangoon, organized by the RUSU; the RUSU was heavily involved in the 1988 uprisings in Burma; at the end of 1990, after the elections results of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy were denied, the RUSU was forced again to work underground.

Content

Records of meeting with notes in February 1989, letters, general statements, financial statements, donation records, list of attendants at the 2nd conference in February 1989; songs of struggle; handwritten posters; booklets and pamphlets commemorating 7th July 1962 and the uprising of 1988 1988-1989.