Thakin Than Tun
| Than Tun | |
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| သန်းထွန်း | |
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| Minister of Land and Agriculture | |
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In office 1942–1943 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 Kanyutkwin, Taungoo District, British Burma |
| Died | 1968 (aged 56–57) Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | Communist Party of Burma |
| Spouse(s) | Khin Gyi |
| Relations | Pho Maung (father) |
| Alma mater | Teachers' Training School |
Thakin Than Tun (Burmese: သခင် သန်းထွန်း) (1911–September 24, 1968) born in Kanyutkwin, British Burma, was a Burmese politician and leader of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) from 1945 until his murder at age 57.
Than Tun worked as a school teacher after qualifying from the Teachers' Training School, Rangoon, and was influenced by Marxist writings. He joined in 1936 the nationalist Dobama Asiayone ("Our Burma" Association) and helped forge an alliance with Dr Ba Maw's Poor Man's Party to form the Freedom Bloc. He co-founded the Nagani (Red Dragon) Book Club with Thakin Nu in 1937, which for the first time widely circulated Burmese-language translations of the Marxist classics. He was imprisoned by the British in 1940 along with Thakin Nu, Thakin Soe, Dr. Ba Maw, and Kyaw Nyein.
While in Insein prison in July 1941, he co-authored with Thakin Soe the "Insein Manifesto" which identified world fascism as the major enemy in the coming war and called for temporary cooperation with the British and the establishment of a broad coalition alliance that should include the Soviet Union. The struggle for national liberation against imperialism would be resumed after the defeat of fascism. This was against the prevailing opinion of the Dobama movement including Thakin Aung San who had secretly left Burma with a group of young men subsequently known as the Thirty Comrades in order to receive military training from the Japanese and founded the Burma Independence Army (BIA).
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