He became a civilian attaché in 1943, serving as procurement officer within the Arms & Ammunition Department of General Aung San’s War Ministry, in Rangoon, Burma under Japanese Army occupation.

He visited Bombay including the RK Studios, and met Raj Kapoor and director Mehboob Khan who was then filming Mother India.

Prime Minister U Nu's anti-communist play The People Win Through (Ludu Aung Than in Burmese) was turned into a feature film in 1954, produced by Cascade Pictures of Hollywood, directed by George Seitz (Jr) and filmed on location in Burma.

The English version of the screen script was written by Paul Gangelin, president of the Writers Guild of Hollywood.

He also advised him to quit the army, adding that a prime minister could not easily create an actor, but that he could, someday make him a diplomat with ambassadorial rank.

This Myanmar version won the annual Burma Film Academy Award for the year 1956.

In 1994 Maung Maung Ta produced and directed a movie in Los Angeles titled “Love and Hate”, starring himself as the heart specialist Dr Arthur Maughan Ta, with his wife May acted by Ma Thida.

Under Operation “White Elephant” General Ne Win, who had made a coup d'état upon the democratically elected government of Prime Minister U Nu, sent 1200 of the U Nu's supporters to jail custody, Maung Maung Ta was one of them.

Elected vice president of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council (IRAC), Myanmar at its 9th Conference held in Myithkyina.

Host to Hujjatul Islam Mohammed Ali Khatame, representative of Ayatollah Khomeini immediately after the Iranian Revolution.

During the massive anti-government demonstrations and civil turmoil in 1988, he was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the League for Democracy and Peace, a political organization headed by the ex Prime Minister the U Nu.

[2] In London to attend the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League conference (9th to 11th Sept.) after an eye surgical operation in California, United States.

Diamond Jubilee birthday celebrations in Yangon with a lifelong achievement photo and video exhibition at the Mogul Hall, patronised by 8000 guests within 8 days.

Refused a visa to enter the US because of being designated a member of a terrorist organisation by the secretary, Department of Homeland Security Awarded the “Fellowship of the Dublin Metropolitan University of Ireland" in 2004 at aConvocation held in Yangon, Myanmar, on 15-6-2005.

Awarded a PhD from Dublin Metropolitan University; returned to Yangon from London on 17 April 2005.

Upon his return he was immediately required to proceed to Bangkok, Thailand to attend two conferences within the same month: the Interreligious & International Peace Council (IIPC) (23–24 April) and United Nations 12th Congress on Crime Protection and Criminal Justice (19–25 May).

Attended The 3rd Assembly of the Universal Peace Federation, conference in Seoul, Korea (September 10–14).