[2] Thakin Kyaw Tun was born in AlLaBote village, Htantabin Township, Insein District by U Bo Sa and Daw Ohn in 1915.
[3] He participated actively in year 1300 Revolution[clarification needed] and also campaigned against the oppressive laws on peasants; for this he was arrested and imprisoned by the colonial British Government.
In 1945, he was the political leader for Insein District and worked with Division 1, Min Hla Sithu Force.
[9][10] Thakin Kyaw Tun’s post as the minister for Forestry and Agriculture and Cooperatives and Good Distribution in the new AFPFL (clean) government lasted only for 3 month and 17 days, cut short by the first Coup de ta by the army in 1958.
He worked as the Ambassador of Burma to Soviet Union, Poland and Romania based in Moscow from 1969 to 1975, after which he retired.
On 6 February 1980, he died in Yangon, leaving his wife, Daw Sein Thaung and 9 children.