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Events on Saturday 19 July 1947 1
1915 – 1947Aung San (1915-1947)Died 19 July 1947, aged 32Aung San was the leader of the Burmese independence movement and founder of the Burma Independence Army. He negotiated independence with Britain but was assassinated with six cabinet colleagues months before it took effect. He is honoured as the father of modern Myanmar.