Amar Nag
Amar Nag[1]aliasYebawTun MaungorU Hla(1917–1968), was one of the founding leaders of the communist movement inBurma.[2][3][4][5][6]Dr. Nag was active in the struggle for Burmese independence.[7]He was an important leader of theCommunist Party of Burma,but was killed in an ambush in 1968.
Revolutionary activities[edit]
Nag was ofBengaliorigin.[8]He became interested in communism after meeting withHarinarayan Ghosal,the great personality of the communist movement. He was involved the Bengali revolutionary groups active in Burma.[9]On August 15, 1939 Nag took part in the founding meeting of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB).[3]
During theSecond World Warhe went to India to study. He obtained aM.B.B.S.degree there.[8]During his stay in India he was active in theCommunist Party of Indiaand led the field work of the Bengal Medical Relief Camp and Coordination Committee. He worked closely with Dr. Bijoy Kumar Bose (from the Congress Medical Mission to China), organizing relief efforts for the people ofBengalsuffering from plague and famine with instruction of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy.He was also active in organizing theCalcutta Tramways Workers' UnioninPark Circussection.[4][6]
In 1947 he returned to Burma and began to practice at theRangoon General Hospital.[8]However, politics would soon put an end to his career. Dr. Nag went underground in March 1948. He set forth to travel toPyinmana,where the party headquarters was located, reaching the site in May 1948.[8]
Dr. Nag served as a member of theCentral Committeeof the party.[10]As a medical practitioner in the communist movement, Dr. Nag trained the first batch of medical brigades of the party. He was a key figure in the party in the 1950s. Dr. Nag was aPolitical Commissarfor the party in the North-West Military Region, operating inSagaingandMagwe.[8]He served as the principal of the Central Medical School of the Communist Party of Burma.[11]
Death[edit]
On November 9, 1968 the 77th Division of theBurma Armyattacked the CPB Medical School in thePegu Yomamountain range.[10]Several students of the school were killed in the attack. Dr. Nag and a small group of followers managed to escape, but was killed by Army forces on November 11, 1968.[5][10]
References[edit]
- ^Shelby Tucker (20 September 2001).Burma: Curse of Independence.Pluto Press. p. 85.ISBN978-0-7453-1541-6.
- ^Klaus Fleischmann (1989).Die Kommunistische Partei Birmas: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.Institut für Asienkunde. p. 416.ISBN978-3-88910-056-6.
- ^abShelby Tucker (20 September 2001).Burma: Curse of Independence.Pluto Press. p. 85.ISBN978-0-7453-1541-6.
- ^abMarxist Miscellany.People's Publishing House. 1971. pp. 144, 152.
- ^abBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (November 1968).Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East.Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^abPart I, Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002).Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali).Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 26.ISBN81-85626-65-0.
- ^The Current Digest of the Soviet Press.American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 1969. p. 20.
- ^abcdeBertil Lintner (1999).Burma in revolt: opium and insurgency since 1948.Silkworm Press. p. 512.ISBN978-974-7100-78-5.
- ^The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies.Institute of Historical Studies. 1980. p. 45.
- ^abcForward.Department of Information and Broadcasting. 1968. p. 5.
- ^Himmat.R.M. Lala. 1968. p. 93.