Ba Cho ( my, ဘချို, ; 24 April 1893 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese

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and

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who served as the

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's pre-independence government. Ba Cho and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister

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) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in

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. July 19 is commemorated each year as the

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in Myanmar. Ba Cho was also president of Trade Union Congress of Burma.

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