Than Kywe

The signing of Panglong Agreement is now celebrated as a national holiday, Union Day, in Myanmar.

Educated at Rangoon University, Than Kywe was a representative at the Panglong conference with General Aung San that initiated the formation of the new nation of Union of Burma in February 1947.

[1] Myoma U Than Kywe was the president and vice-president of All-Burma Students Union (ABSU) from 1946 to 1948.

He led the ceremony of the First Burmese Martyrs' Day on 20 July 1947 in Rangoon.

Their youngest child is Myoma Myint Kywe, a writer and historian.