Amar Nag[1] alias Yebaw Tun Maung or U Hla (1917–1968), was one of the founding leaders of the communist movement in Burma.
[9] On August 15, 1939 Nag took part in the founding meeting of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB).
He worked closely with Dr. Bijoy Kumar Bose (from the Congress Medical Mission to China), organizing relief efforts for the people of Bengal suffering from plague and famine with instruction of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
Nag was a Political Commissar for the party in the North-West Military Region, operating in Sagaing and Magwe.
[11][12] On November 9, 1968 the 77th Division of the Burma Army attacked the CPB Medical School in the Pegu Yoma mountain range.
Nag and a small group of followers managed to escape, but was killed by Army forces on November 11, 1968.