The Panglong Agreement ( ) was reached in
Panglong, Southern Shan State, between the
Burmese government
Myanmar (Names of Myanmar, formerly Burma) () operates ''de jure'' as a unitary state, unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021, Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military took ove ...
under
Aung San
Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he w ...
and the
Shan Committee,
Kachin Committee, and
Chin Committee peoples on 12 February 1947. The anniversary of this agreement, which promised autonomy to ethnic minorities, is celebrated annually as
Union Day.
In popular culture
In 1973,
Sai Kham Leik composed the
Shan language song, "Lik Hom Mai Panglong" (), for
Sai Hsai Mao, which remains a pop classic.
See also
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Federalism in Myanmar
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Panglong Conference
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Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to th ...
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Kachin State
Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...
References
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Treaties of Myanmar
1947 in Burma
Text referencing the Panglong Agreement
[U Nu, ''The Panglong Agreement'', 12 February 1947, in ''The Politics of Burma: A Documentary History'', ed. Kyaw Win and Robert H. Taylor (London: Oxford University Press, 1979), pp. 57-63.]
1947 documents
Federalism in Myanmar