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    My Burma: The Autobiography of a President
    My Burma: The Autobiography of a President
    My Burma: The Autobiography of a President
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    My Burma: The Autobiography of a President

    By Sir Ba U

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    Originally published in 1958, this is the autobiography of the 2nd Present of Burma, U Ba U, who “rose under British rule to be a judge of the High Court of Judicature in Burma and, among the Burmese judges in the latest days of British rule, he was the only one to have received the dignity of knighthood.

    “When Burma attained independence, he became, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the most authoritative guardian and guarantee for all the rights, inherited from British liberal traditions, which were conferred on the people under the Constitution and by law. Finally, by the unanimous vote of both Chambers of the Parliament in Joint Session, he was elected President of the Union, with precedence over all other persons throughout the Union, a position to which he has added further distinction by his judicious exercise of the powers and functions thereby conferred on him. […]

    One feature of his character which the story of his life reveals is a quiet determination to do his duty as he sees it, and this feature is further illustrated by the writing of this book.

    In view of the changes in Burma during his lifetime, in which he has personally taken no small part, such a record must necessarily be of historical importance. And the book must also find a place in the history of Burmese literature as almost the first essay by a Burman in the difficult art of autobiography.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEschenburg Press
    Release dateApr 7, 2017
    ISBN9781787204546
    My Burma: The Autobiography of a President
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    Sir Ba U

    SIR BA U (26 May 1887 - 9 November 1963) was the 2nd President of Union of Burma and a lawyer, High Court judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma (1948-1952), and President of Burma from 16 March 1952 to 13 March 1957. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League. Ba U served as a judge under British, Japanese and Burmese rule. He was born in 1887 at Pathein in the Irrawaddy delta, son of U Poe Hla and Daw Nyunt. He passed university entry class from Ragoon Government High School. At 1907 he attended the University of Cambridge to study law. After graduation in 1912, he received his Bachelor of Laws. He was employed as a lawyer in Yangon between 1913 and 1921. In 1921 he became a district judge. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma from 1948 to 1952. He was knighted in 1947. In 1913 he married Daw Nyein, daughter of retired district judge Aung Zan, and they had two sons. Daw Nyein died in 1922. In 1923 he married Daw Aye, daughter of governor of Soe Pe. With her he had two sons and a daughter. Daw Aye died in 1941. Sir Ba U died on 9 November 1963.

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