Notable Burmese Indians and Others Burmese Indians

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karim ghani born in sodugudi, ilayangudi, politician in south-east asia of indian origin. before second world war karim ghani parliamentary secretary in burma under dr ba maw.
bahadur shah ii or bahadur shah zafar, last mughal emperor exiled rangoon in british-controlled burma, after indian rebellion of 1857. he, along wife zeenat mahal , granddaughter raunaq zamani begum, buried @ mazar (mausoleum) @ no 6 theatre road in yangon.
wazir u kan gyi (1870-1960) educated in bombay, kanji made burma home , adopted burmese name kan gyi. given title of wazir highness aga khan. wealthy, influential business man devoted himself social causes , philanthropy. 1 of founders of ismaili-burmese trading company.
t s s rajan - indian freedom-fighter , minister of health in madras presidency 1937 1940.
s n goenka - eminent vipassana buddhist meditation teacher (born 1924)
parshuram verma (freedom fighter in netaji subhas chandra bose army in myanmar, social worker , leader of repatriated indian burmese in bihar & up. pioneered repatriation of indian burmese in bihar , uttar pradesh migrated these areas myanmar @ time of british era , started migrating india @ time of unrest during general ne win regime in 1969. dedicated of life address problems , find solutions of various indian government ministries , authorities.
h n goshal aka thakin ba tin - communist leader , founding member 1940s 1960s, killed in internal purge in 1967. ethnic bengali.
helen of bollywood. born helen jairag richardson khan in rangoon on 14 july 14 1938, fled india during world war ii , became famous playing vamp in indian cinema.
dr maung di - department chair , dean of rangoon arts , science university (now yangon university), deputy education minister. son of dean of islamic religious college in kanbalu.
u razak (20 january 1898 – 19 july 1947; arabic: abdul razak) burmese politician respected educationalist. tamil muslim (choliyah). while brothers , sisters chose buddhists, maintained muslim name razak, in honour of father. although nominally muslim, razak secularist loved burma , encouraged unity in diversity. razak initiated calls unity between burmese muslims , buddhists. muslim, maintained ties buddhism, educating himself on pali, sacred script of theravada buddhism, , helped found mandalay college (modern mandalay university). razak fathered 3 children. minister @ aung san s pre-independence interim government , assassinated, along aung san , other members, on 19 july 1947. 19 july celebrated in myanmar today martyrs day. u razak minister of education , national planning, , chairman of burma muslim congress.

babu lal murarka, indian freedom fighter made burma home in 1952 , set largest private textile mills in myanmar along other investors. proved indian industrial entrepreneurship burmese government.

dr b s joshi - (4 march 1912 15 october 2009) surgeon par excellence-civil surgeon burma medical services. graduated medical college rangoon honours receiving bishop bigandit medal (1936). there has been 1 recipient date. married dr ratna sundari misra d/o drmatabadal misra , 1 of female doctors in burma. had hospitals sanctioned , constructed throughout districts of burma. both dr b s joshi , wife committed doctors , dedicated people of burma. besides duties surgeon general union of burma district health officer, municipal health officer of every district extensive experience in public health work. in beginning of career, teacher of clinical surgery in rangoon general hospital. assistant surgeon thayetmyo/officer in-charge of hospitals in nyanglebin, mandalay , moulmein , later chief medical officer sagain , rangoon surgeon of rangoon hospital. later surgeon general in lashio, tavoy. mergui, myaumgmya, moulmein , in-charge of 13 hospitals in northern shan states headquarters @ lashio. dr b s joshi loyal friend both general ne win , u nu, leading nationalist , political figure of union of burma.
s mukerjee aka pyu win - communist trade union leader killed in 1950s
dr nath aka tun maung - communist leader , founding member killed in 1960s
captain ohn kyaw myint - martyred after failed attempt of coup d état
saya rajan aka aung naing - communist trade union leader captured in 1950s
m rashid - government minister in 1950s
thakin tha khin (shan indian) - government minister in 1950s
u balwant singh - jat sikh burma sent united states burmese govt (u nu) work @ united nations during term of u thant (sec general of un father indian also).
dr ram bax singh - jat sikh served port health director port of rangoon till 1960.
dr santosh sureen (shwe mann) - municipal health minister during 1960s
chaudhry charan das - hailing gujranwala (now in pakistan), chaudhary charan das moved burma in 1900s establish soap factory in mandalay (burma) under banner s sagar & co. decades later during japanese invasion family returned , settled in rawalpindi. during india-pakistan partition in 1947, family settled in kapurthala (india) chaudhary charan das s eldest son dr shanti sagar verma established himself prominent , successful doctor , opened 1 of first private multi-speciality hospitals in city.
b n verma - 1 of famous high school english teachers in myanmar.
u myo nyunt (myo nyunt mathematics) - mathematics tuition teacher have taught on 50,000 students.
bhanumati devi - odia film , theatre actress born in burma.
u khader - (1935-) noted malayalee novelist , literary personality. has written 50 works in malayalam, include novels, novellas, short-stories, travellogues , non-fiction.
alan basil de lastic - (1929–2000) fourth archbishop of delhi. born in maymyo of mixed burmese, irish , french ancestry.
daw tint tint @ usha wife of former president of india, k r narayanan. usha narayanan (1923–2008) worked on several social welfare programmes women , children in india , had completed masters in social work delhi school of social work. translated , published several burmese short stories; collection of translated stories thein pe myint, titled sweet , sour, appeared in 1998. woman of foreign origin have become first lady.




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^ veteran actor bhanumati devi dead . indian express. 2013-01-05. retrieved 2013-01-16. 
^ u.a. khader, in own words - kerala . hindu. 11 august 2008. retrieved 12 august 2016. 
^ archbishop alan basil de lastic . catholic-hierarchy.org. david m. cheney. retrieved 21 january 2015. 
^ excellency tin tin . outlook. 2 july 2013. retrieved 25 february 2013.