Union of Burma Boy Scouts

Myanmar Scout
new badge, minus the chinthe, as they are a symbol of government projects, and the new Scouts wish to emphasize they are independent
Founded	2012
Membership	25,000
Affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website myanmarscouts.org

Union of Burma Boy Scouts
The Burmese national Scout emblem prior to disbandment-the red devices in the center are chinthe, a Burmese mythical creature similar to a griffin. The text on the scroll reads "Scouts" (kindauk) in Burmese.
Founded	1922; 1948
Defunct	1964

The Myanmar Scouts Association is the national Scouting organization in Myanmar. Scouting in Myanmar was started in 1922 and disbanded in 1964; the current organization was formed in 2012 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 2016. It has about 25,000 members.

Scouting was founded in Burma as part of the British Indian branch of The Scout Association during the colonial period, introduced in 1910 for British dependents. By 1913, Lone Scouts were found in Burma. Later, Scouting was opened to the Burmese. In 1922, Burmese Scouting became a separate branch of the British headquarters in London, but shared the same Chief Scout as India, the Viceroy. In the Burmese language, the Burmese Scouts were known as ကင်းထောက်မောင် (IPA: [kɪ́ɴdaʊʔ màʊɴ]) while the Girl Guides were known as ကင်းထောက်မယ် ([kɪ́ɴdaʊʔ mɛ̀]).

In Hilary Saint George Saunders' The Left Handshake, written in 1948:

The last gathering of Scouts, most of whom were wearing it, took place on 10 January 1942, at Lanmadaw in Rangoon. By then they had already proved their mettle in the two great raids made by the Japanese against the city during the previous month. Of all the Rangoon Troops who helped to mitigate their effect, the 51st Kandawgalay took pride of place, not only for the number of Scouts belonging to it engaged in National Service, but also because of their great devotion to duty in time of danger. When the Auxiliary Fire Service left Rangoon with the retreating army, the Scouts went with them and moved successively to Mandalay, Maymyo and Shwebo. Most of them went farther and under their officers tramped the long road through the Naga Hills to Imphal and on to Assam and India. There some of them joined the Burmese Navy.