Education
Ba U Gyi graduated with a Bachelor"s degree from Rangoon University in 1925 and studied law in England, passing the English bar in 1927.
Ba U Gyi graduated with a Bachelor"s degree from Rangoon University in 1925 and studied law in England, passing the English bar in 1927.
In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific. From 1937 to 1939, he served as the Minister of Revenue of British Burma, and from February to April 1947, as the Minister for Transport and Communications of Burma. He was killed in an ambush by the Burmese Army on 12 August 1950.
Ba U Gyi"s four principles are still held as the guiding Principles of the Revolution of the Karen National Union:
Surrender is out of the question
The recognition of the Karen State must be completed.
We shall retain our arms. We shall decide our own political destiny.
