Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

1962 Rangoon University protests

The 1962 Rangoon University protests, also known as the 7 July Student Uprising, were a series of marches, demonstrations, and protests against stricter campus regulations, the end of the system of university self-administration, and the policy of the new military regime of…

University of Yangon

Public university in Myanmar

The University of Yangon, located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the best known university in Myanmar. The university offers mainly undergraduate and postgraduate degrees programs in liberal arts, sciences and law. Full-time…

Ne Win

Military leader and head of state of Burma from 1962 to 1988

Ne Win, born Shu Maung, was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Burma period of 1962 to 1988.