Sao San Htun (, ; 30 May 1907 – 20 July 1947) was the

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of the

Shan State Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...

of Mongpawn, and Minister of Hill Regions in

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's pre-independence interim government. He was the son of Sao Hkun Hti the ex-sawbwa with Nang Sein Oo, Sao San Htun had four children with Mahadewi Sao Khin Thaung, they were Sao Hsè Hom the next sawbwa, Sao Kai Hpa (son), Sao Sunanda (daughter), and Sao Myint Gyi (daughter), He was a signatory to the

Panglong Agreement The Panglong Agreement ( ) was reached in Panglong, Southern Shan State, between the Burmese government under Aung San and the Shan Committee, Kachin Committee, and Chin Committee peoples on 12 February 1947. The anniversary of this agreeme ...

that was the basis for the formation of modern Myanmar. On 19 July 1947, Sao San Htun, along with

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 seven others, was shot by gunmen during a cabinet meeting at the Secretariat complex in downtown

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. He died the next day on 20 July at noon. The date of the assassination, 19 July, is commemorated each year as the

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in Myanmar.

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