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Published by the Foreign Affairs Committee of All Burma Federation of Student Unions with the financial support of Norwegian Burma Committee.



Historical Photos of

7 July Incident

Published by Thaton Hall (1963-64)



The Faith (Foreword)

The red stream ows and

its converted us to another life.

This event is for our cause.

That is edited and inscribed.

Likes the stone pillar erected

Its our solemn vow.

The July mirror

Its presents full of dramatic senses andLikes a motor drives the heart.

Kyi Win (Pakokku)

Chairman

Hostel Social & Reading Association (1963-64)

Thaton HallRangoon University



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Introduction

The main purpose of this small booklet “Historical Photos of 7 July Accident”

is to reveals the account of student rights struggle and to keep a historical

record.

These July historical photos in this book can expose only small portion of the

cruelty and brutality.

These brutalities of 7 July, the people of Burma and the whole world had got

shock and it could not be hide forever. This is the gravest mistake of this cruel

regime who called themselves a revolutionary council.

So called revolutionary military government will commit those crimes again

and again in the future. We need to keep continue to ght against those atrocities

by this military junta. That is our student duty to fulll wishes of our comrades

those who had given their lives. We need more united to keep our ongoing

ghting.



The October holiday struggle is showed our solidarity and strength. We, all

students, shall unite. We, Thaton Hall, solemnly declare that we continue to

participate in the student cause and it should reect the student vision andwithout any political afliation. We will keep working with all students.

We salute all who sacriced their lives.

March towards Victory,

Executive Committee

Hostel Social & Reading Association (1963-64)

Thaton Hall

Rangoon University



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7-7-62.

Takatha (RUSU)

leads the peaceful

demonstration

against imposed

new restricted

hall rules

in 2 p.m.

Takatha (RUSU): means Rangoon University Students’ Union



7-7-62.

Peaceful

march from

Convocation

Hall on

Chancellor

Road.



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7-7-62. Riot polices with baton crack down brutally on peaceful demonstrators.

Some leading members of RUSU got arrested.



7-7-62. Polices use brutal forces such as tear-gas bomb to disperse the crowd.

Polices positioning at a water groove along Chancellor Road.



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7-7-62.

Students can

not control their

anger and start

throwing stone

to the police

on Chancellor

Road.



Students from

Mandalay Hallstart to shout

against used of

excessive forces

by riot police in

July 7, 1962.



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Soldiers sealed off the university campus and strike against the peaceful student

protesters like the battle ground in July 7, 1962.



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3 Military trucks loaded with full of death bodies by military operation in July 7,

1962. Those bodies carried away and disappeared after that.



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The forefront

of student

movement,

RUSU building,

could see at 6a.m. on 8-7-62.



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More than 100 students were killed and its continued to demolish the Union

building. It is demolished by dynamite at 6 a.m. on July 8, 1962. The monument

of Bo Aung Kyaw left a lone among debris.

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Those who killedwere secretly

cremated in this

cemetery on 8-7-

1962. Then indenite

closure of universities

started.

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Universities closed

more than 40 days

reopened. In Nation

Day, the governme

afraid that student protest will occur a

avoid this, they ord

teachers to make a

reception. Students

show their deance

chanting “National

and a feast is unrela

and they march aro

the campus on 21-1

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After the movement of demonstrating for the restricted hostel rules at 5 month memorial for 7 July

has started at night on 07-12-62, students successfully celebrate Aung Kyaw Day on 20-12-62.

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20-12-62. On Aung Kyaw Day,

students catch a military spy

who reporting to government in

the code words of “the train wastill going on” and forcing to

plea at Aung Kyaw Monument.

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20-12-62. On Aung Kyaw Day, students closed the main gate of Chancellor Road anddemonstrated. And hang the picture of student martyr Bo Aung Kyaw at the top of the gate door.

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6 months memo

service and givi

donation to 50

Buddhist monk

students who di

bloody crackdo

of 07-07-62on 07-01-63.

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14-01-63. Leading students group build up the “Yarkyaw , Student Movement Monument” Just besidethe “Aung Kyaw Monument” at Red Square over night. The height is 7 feet 7 inches and the width is

62 inches as for the code of 07-07-62. (Yarkyaw means more than hundred students lives had sacriced.)

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2

07-02-63. Opening

ceremony of Yarkyaw Monume

and burning the

Fascist efgy was

held in 7th month

memorial service.

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07-02-62. After burning down the efgy cofn, the biggest ever student massare marching along the Chancellor Road, hailing black ags and posters.

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10-02-63. Members of Students Rights Committee, executives of Social andReading Associations and other formal groups gather around for 12 hours long

hunger strike, making speeches about the cause one by one.

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07-02-62.

Students showtheir frustration

by burning down

the Fascisms by

symbolizing with

dead cofn.

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18-02-63. While students (brothers) are doing hunger strike, some students(sisters) are distributing food and drink.

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07-03-63. 8 months after the incident, only a few students held memorialservice briey at the Student’ Movement monument for the sake of students as

the exams are closing.

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10-03-63. Some student leaders are reporting about brutal crackdown of 7 Julyincident to respectful national leader Sayagyi Thakin Kodaw Hmaing.

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01-04-63. Students open the gate which previously blocked for demonstration, as Rangoon University

was closed for Summer break.

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07-07-63. Memorial service and giving donations after the release of imprisoned

students at a makeshift build of temporary Union ofce.

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07-07-63. Memorial service in front of Student’ Movement Monument at RedSquare, bow down under the heavy rain for the 7 July’s comrades who were

killed during the bloody crackdown.

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Various kinds of publications, including poster, painting, poems and articles

published by University students within a period of 07-07-62 to 01-04-63

(just before Summer Break)

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This Monument erects for more than hundread lives. Yarkyaw Monument and the

Takatha ofce, a temporary bamboo tent.

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