Martyrs' Mausoleum
| အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန် | |
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| Coordinates | 16°48′09″N 96°08′51″E / 16.8025°N 96.1475°ECoordinates: 16°48′09″N 96°08′51″E / 16.8025°N 96.1475°E |
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| Location | Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Dedicated to | Aung San and his cabinet ministers |
The Martyrs' Mausoleum (Burmese: အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန်) is a Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), located near the northern gate of Shwedagon Pagoda. The mausoleum is dedicated to Aung San and other leaders of the pre-independence interim government, all of whom were assassinated on 19 July 1947. It is customary for high-ranking government officials to visit the mausoleum on 19 July to pay respects, and 19 July was designated as Martyrs' Day, a public holiday.
On 19 July 1947, at approximately 10:37 a.m., BST, several of Burma's independence leaders were gunned down while they were holding a cabinet meeting at the Secretariat in downtown Rangoon. The assassinations were planned by a rival political group, and the leader and alleged mastermind of that group Galon U Saw, together with the perpetrators, were tried and convicted by a special tribunal.
The assassinated were:
Soon after the assassinations, Major General Sir Hubert Rance, the last British Governor of Burma, appointed U Nu to head an interim administration and when Burma became independent on 4 January 1948, Nu became the first Prime Minister of Burma. 19 July was designated a public holiday known as Martyr's Day.
The mausoleum contains the remains of
The body of Sao San Tun was cremated in Mongpawn, his hometown, and the ashes were interred in his hometown and the Martyrs' Mausoleum.Abdul Razak and Ko Htwe were interred in a Muslim cemetery in Tamwe Township.
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