- Sao Shwe
Thaik (Shan: ၸဝ်ႈၶမ်းသိူၵ်ႈ, Tsaw³ Kham⁴soek³; Burmese: စဝ်ရွှေသိုက်,
Burmese pronunciation: [saʔ ʃwè θaiʔ]; 16
October 1895 – 21
November 1962)...
- 1938 – 4
October 2016) was a
prince of Yawnghwe. He was a son of Sao Shwe
Thaik, the
Saopha of
Yawnghwe and Sao Nang
Hearn Kham, the
Mahadevi (consort)...
- (URC),
which consisted of
senior military officers. Sao Shwe
Thaik's son, Sao Mye
Thaik, was shot dead in what was
generally described as a "bloodless"...
- (ဆလိုင်း): Used for Chin men. Sao (စဝ်): Used for Shan
royalty (e.g., Sao Shwe
Thaik) (from Shan ၸဝ်ႈ). Saw (စော): Used for Shan
royalty (Burmanized form of...
-
Thaik Taing (r. 513 – 523) was the 12th King of the
Early Pagan Kingdom who
began his
reign in 513 AD. He
moved the
palace to Tampawaddy, near
Thiri Pyissaya...
-
Independence Act 1947. The new
country was
named the
Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe
Thaik as its
first president and U Nu as its
first prime minister.
Unlike most...
-
against Shan
nationalist militia groups.
Following the
arrest of Sao Shwe
Thaik of
Yawnghwe in the
Burmese coup d'état in
March 1962 by the Revolutionary...
- Shwe
Thaik and
several others, and
declared a
socialist state to be run by
their Union Revolutionary Council. Sao Shwe
Thaik's son, Sao Mye
Thaik, was...
-
served as the de
facto residence for
Burmese presidents,
including Sao Shwe
Thaik, Ba Oo, and Mahn Win Maung. The
building was
demolished in 1985 on the orders...
- superstitious. The
Shans were led by Nga Po
Thaik, who
claimed to have once been an
elephant in a past life. Nga Po
Thaik then
convinced most of the
Hukawng valley...
