The Panglong Agreement ( my, ပင်လုံစာချုပ် ) was reached in Panglong, Southern Shan State, between the

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under

Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his go ...

and the Shan, Kachin, and

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peoples on 12 February 1947. Aung Zan Wai, Pe Khin,

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, Sir Maung Gyi, Dr. Sein Mya Maung,

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were among the negotiators of the historical

Panglong Conference The Panglong Conference ( my, ပင်လုံညီလာခံ), held in February 1947, was a historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San, h ...

negotiated with Bamar leader General

and other ethnic leaders in 1947. The agreement accepted "full

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in internal administration for the Frontier Areas" in principle and envisioned the creation of a

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Jingpho language, Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east ...

by the Constituent Assembly. It continued the financial relations established between the

Shan states The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' muang'' whose rulers bore the title '' saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was fi ...

and the Burmese federal government, and envisioned similar arrangements for the

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and the

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. The anniversary of this agreement is celebrated annually as Union Day.

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Text of the Panglong Agreement

Ethnic Peace Plan 2014Celebration of Panglong Agreement Day
History of Myanmar Treaties of Myanmar 1947 in Burma 1947 documents

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