Zeya Zaw, Phoe Sai - Maha Thiri Thu Dhamma Daw Khin Kyi

Dates of the life of Maha Thiri Sudhamma Daw Khin Kyi

Daw Khin Kyi was born on April 16, 1912, to U Pho Nyin, a public works department employee, and Daw Vuk Su, a public works department employee, in Myaung Mya Township, Ayeyarwady Region. She was the eighth child among 10 siblings. Daw Khin Kyi studied in Myaung Mya up to the seventh grade. She then continued her education at ABM High School, now AH (1) Kyee Myin Daing Girls' High School, and passed the tenth grade examination.

She then attended Maw Tin Lane Teachers Training College in Mawlamyine and obtained a primary school teaching certificate. From there, she served as a volunteer teacher at Myaung Mya National School for a few years. Before World War II, Daw Khin Kyi, who had a natural talent for nursing, attended nursing courses at the Yangon General Hospital and the Dufferin (now the Central Women's Hospital) and returned to work as a nurse at the Yangon General Hospital.

On December 23, 1941, during World War II, after the Japanese bombed Yangon, Daw Khin Kyi volunteered to transport British wounded patients to Calcutta, India. As the war spread, she returned to Burma on the last ship from India.

In 1942, she worked as a nurse at the BIA Hospital, which was opened by Dr. Ba Than, the father of U Ne Win's wife, Daw Khin May Than, along with her sister, Daw Khin Gyi. (Daw Khin Gyi was the wife of Thakin Than Htun)

On Sunday, September 6, 1942, she married national leader General Aung San in the easternmost hall of the Japanese-era General Hospital.

On June 13, 1943, their eldest son, Maung Aung San Oo, was born.

On May 10, 1944, the youngest son, Maung Aung San Lin, was born.

On June 19, 1945, a daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, was born.

On September 22, 1946, another daughter was born, but she died five days after her birth, on September 26 (the day General Aung San was sworn in as Prime Minister).

After her husband, the great national leader General Aung San, and his ministers were assassinated at 10:37 a.m. on July 19, 1947, Daw Khin Kyi, along with her

“I want to tell the public that they should refrain from acting in a way that is angry and resentful because of the brutal assassination of their leader, whom they trust and respect, and strictly follow the path he has set.”

The historic public appeal was issued via radio.

From 1947 to 1951, under the mandate of the FPLF, she was elected as a female MP in General Aung San's constituency and fulfilled her historical responsibilities with independence.

From 1947 to 1953, Daw Khin Kyi served as Director of the Mother and Child Welfare Organization.

In 1949, he attended the World Health Organization's regional conference in New Delhi, India.

In 1950, she led the Myanmar delegation to the World Health Organization's regional conferences in Colombo and was elected as the chairman of the Colombo Conference. In that year, she received the Myanmar Mother Medal from the United States.

In 1951, the government awarded Daw Khin Kyi the title of Maha Thiri Su Dhamma in recognition of her achievements as an ambassador, member of parliament, president of the Myanmar Women's Association, and for her tireless work in social work.

He led the Myanmar delegation to the World Health Organization conferences in Geneva in 1950, 1951, and 1952. He traveled to Western Europe, the United States, Japan, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam on study tours.

On January 16, 1953, his youngest son, Maung Aung San, drowned in a pond at his home at No. 25, Tower Lane Road, Bahan Township (now the General Museum), when he was struck by a pair of shoes.

Between 1953 and 1958

(1) Chairman of the Social Welfare Planning Commission,

(2) Chairman of the Union of Myanmar Social Welfare Council,

(3) President of the Mother and Child Welfare Association,

(4) Healthy

Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee,

(5) Chairperson of the Union of Myanmar Women's Associations Council,

(6) Chairman of the Association for the Advancement and Propagation of Democratic Ideas,

(7) Myanmar Women's Liberation Army

The scout leader of the support team,

(8) Myanmar Ambulance Service Female Administrator

(9) Vice President, Ramakrishna Mission Hospital and Library

They are chosen to carry out great responsibilities.

In 1955, he was awarded the Order of the Yugoslav Star (Second Class) by Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia and the highest decoration of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Nobel Order.

From 1959 to 1960, he participated in the organizing duties of the Clean Party led by U Nu. After retirement, he lived in a simple house at No. 5-56, University Avenue, Yangon. Mother and child care

The Minister of Defense, who was the Director of the Defense Ministry, did not receive the pensions of the ambassadors, but only received one thousand kyats as a subsidy for the wives of the martyred leaders.

On January 10, 1987, his daughter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and son-in-law Dr. Michael Aris had two grandchildren, Myint San.

Aung (Alexander) and Htin Lin (Kim) were married in a private ceremony at their home according to Buddhist traditions.

In April 1987, Daw Khin Kyi underwent eye surgery in England with state support. After two months of treatment in London, Daw Khin Kyi returned to Myanmar.

On April 2, 1988, Daw Khin Kyi suffered a severe stroke, and her daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Myanmar to care for her mother.

He passed away at 7:17 a.m. on December 27, 1988, at his home on University Avenue, Yangon.

On January 2, 1989, the remains of Maha Thiri Thu Dhamma Daw Khin Kyi, wife of national leader General Aung San, were buried in a mausoleum built on Shwedagon Pagoda Road in a vacant plot of land between the mausoleum of peace and patriotic poet Thakin Seng Daung Roi and the mausoleum of King Thibaw's wife, Su Pagoda Latt.

On April 16, 2012, Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation on the 100th birthday of her mother, Daw Khin Kyi.

On the 26th anniversary of Daw Khin Kyi's death in Myaung Myaung, her daughter Aung San Suu Kyi

Memorable words spoken

27 December 2014

I was always proud to be from Myaung Myaung. When I was young, I thought Myaung Mya would be a very fun place. Because when I was young, Myaung Myaung often told me how much fun it was in Myaung Myaung.

Ma May Kay started working as a school teacher in Myaung Myaung. Then Ma May Kay's Karen friends)

I was working as a nurse in Yangon, so when I heard about the responsibilities of these nurses, I was inspired. I wanted to do the same. I wanted to benefit others in the same way. I wanted to do compassionate work.

At that time, my mother's environment thought that teachers were more respected than nurses. That's why my mother's grandmother completely disagreed with my mother becoming a nurse. At that time, my mother was working as a teacher at a national school. The school was not far from home. So, she could leave her daughter at home without working. She said that she would be proud of being a teacher, and she completely disagreed with my becoming a nurse.

My mother loves my mother very much. I respect her very much, but I don't agree with her on this matter. My mother said that nursing is a very noble profession, so she decided to do it. My grandfather agreed. My grandfather said that it is a noble profession, so if you want to do it, do it. So my mother went to Yangon and became a nurse.

When I was young, I heard my mother called General's Wife, and I thought it was her name at one point. When they called her General's Wife, General's Wife, I thought again. I first called my mother

I knew it not as my mother, but as my father's wife. I saw it. I attribute it to the fact that my mother fulfilled her duty.

Ma May Haw did what a leader's wife should do. She had the right attitude. She fulfilled her duty. Ma May Haw is a person who gives. She is not a person who takes. The wife of a national leader should be a person who gives in the same way. If you want to take, it will not be good for the country. (Applause)

When I was a nurse, my patients loved me very much. The reason for my love was that I was full of compassion. And I could do my job as a nurse very skillfully. That's why my patients loved me too. If you have read the book "Myanmar Hospital in the Modern Era" by Dr. Myint Swe, you will know. I was very | How responsible I was. The night before the wedding, I went to the hospital to see the doctor.

It was during the war. My father and I got married during the war. The night before the wedding, some patients came to the hospital because of the bomb blast. When we got to the hospital, Ma Mae got up from the bed and helped with the surgery. The surgeon at the time, U Ba Than, said, "May is an incomparable nurse. She even got up the night before the wedding and did her job." He praised her for getting up and doing her job.

I am very proud of my mother because she knows her responsibilities very well. She is a person who is very responsible. That is why a person who knows her responsibilities is always fulfilling her responsibilities wherever she goes. When she was a school teacher, she fulfilled her responsibilities as a school teacher. As a nurse, she fulfilled her responsibilities as a nurse. Then, after marrying my father, she fulfilled her responsibilities as a general's wife. At no time did my mother interfere with my father's work. She was never involved. She understood very well how to live in her own place. She also understood how to support herself. After my father was gone, she did a lot of social work. That is why there was never a time in my life when I did not fulfill my responsibilities.

If you do something right, you will be recognized for it. Your community will recognize you. The honor of being recognized like this cannot be compared to any other honor. It cannot be compared to position, power, or wealth. The honor of being respected by many, the honor of being valued by many, is the highest honor for a person. This is what we want our citizens to aim for.

This word

When I think of stewed beans and noodles, I also think of falooda. Because of a story my mother and my eldest sister used to tell me.

At the beginning of the war... There was a famous "Faluda" cold store in Yangon... My father was the Vice Chairman of the Governor's Council and soon after, on payday, the family would go to that cold store.

We went to have falooda. At that time, falooda bowls were huge. They were filled with milk, egg pudding, falooda seeds, and syrup. The whole family, including the children, had a cup each. The children, including me, who were over a year old, had a cup each. The adults, including my father and mother, could finish it, but the children couldn't finish it.

The children drank the remaining falooda in the glass, one cup at a time. The father, who was a little hungry, looked at his mother with surprised eyes and said, “If you cook a pound of pork, you will finish it all.” The elder did not like this. “Why do you have to turn your back on the elder when his wife is hungry?” The father often spoke harsh words that were so true that they made his blood boil, but the elder was very pleased that he was gentle with his mother.

Actually, my father is very gentle. When it comes to food, he has never made my mother angry. My mother has never been fond of cooking since she was young, so she doesn't cook anything, (

So I think they sent me to learn cooking from a young age. My father never ate much. He would eat whatever was put in front of him. As a child, my mother didn't really like some of the food from the lower regions, but if they served it to him, he would eat it.

My father's older brother, U Aung Than, would come to visit us and run away as soon as he smelled the cooking of the tangy fruit. My father didn't like it but he ate it. "My father likes goat intestines." Every time I cooked goat intestines at home, I would always say, "This is my father's favorite dish." I remember that throughout my childhood.

I also learned that my father's favorite thing in the Bible is a face towel. When I told my friends about it, they laughed. They said it was similar to a cloth. We just knew it as a face towel.

My father would sometimes say, "I want to eat chili curry," but my mother would say sadly that she couldn't serve it to me because she didn't know what kind of curry it was. I also started to look for this "chili curry" recipe when I was a little older, and I used to eat it because a sister from Taungdwingyi cooked it for me.

"I remembered my father and mother, who were simple children."

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

The Wave Journal, 23-2-2015