1300 Revolution

On 8 January, oil workers in Chauk went on strike with additional grievances including the low wages, lack of medical leave and reductions in the number of religious holidays given by the BOC.

[3] By November, thousands of workers on strike in Chauk decided to march to Rangoon (present-day Yangon), led by Thakin Po Hla Gyi to present their demands to the BOC.

A tricolour flag with the peacock of the Dobama Asiayone was raised by actor Mingala U Aung Maung once the marchers reached Kyopinkauk.

[7] In Rangoon, student protesters inspired by the oil strike joined the workers' march who successfully picketed the Secretariat, the seat of the colonial government.

The BOC ultimately yielded to some demands, but the main legacy of the revolution was the political awareness raised by such a lengthy and massive strike action.

[10] The 1972–1988 Myanmar kyat series commeorates the 1300 Revolution with an image of Thakin Po Hla Gyi on the obverse, and oil field workers on the reverse depicted on the 45/- note.