Career
He participated in the anti-British campaign led by General Aung San (father of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) and fought against the Japanese during World World War World War II As there is another Burmese politician Thakin Chit Maung of the same name and as both of them took the appellation "Thakin", "Master" - this Thakin Chit Maung is known by the additional acronym mentioned usually before his name: "Widura". Hence Widura Thakin Chit Maung. Widura Thakin Chit Maung earned this additional name around February 1959 after he gave a speech in the then Burmese Parliament.
Thakin Chit Maung"s speech in Parliament was broadcast live on radio at that time and soon thereafter he gained the appellation or honorific of "Widura Thakin Chit Maung".
The other Burmese politician Thakin Chit Maung is known by the name of his home town Myanaung and hence Thakin Chit Maung (Myanaung). Thakin Chit Maung also formed the Democratic Front for National Reconstruction in the 1980s and joined the Veteran Politicians Group in the late 1980s.
The Veteran Politicians Group later sent open letters to Burma"s then military ruler, Senior General Than Shwe, urging the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and for national reconciliation talks to take place between the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the various ethnic groups throughout the country. Thakin Chit Maung died at the age of 90 in Rangoon on 3 March 2005.