National Day in Myanmar
National Day in Myanmar is held on December 1. This event in the first decade of the month December is annual. Help us
In Burma, National Day is celebrated on the 10th day following the full moon of the month of Tazaungmone. It is a day steeped in political significance, which commemorates a boycott by Burmese university students to protest the British colonial administration’s Rangoon University Act of 1920.
Many Burmese regard the boycott as the country’s first step towards independence. The legislation would have limited access to higher education for all but the wealthiest families, but the student boycott ultimately led to revisions in the act.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Martyrs' Day in Burma on July 19 (Myanmar);
Myanmar Independence Day on January 4 (is celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948);
Magha Puja on February 12 (Full moon, 3rd Thai lunar month);