Panglong Agreement

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The Panglong Agreement was a historic 1947 accord in Burma that laid the groundwork for the formation of the Union of Burma by promising autonomy and equal rights to various ethnic minority groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Panglong Accord ⓘ
linked to: Panglong Agreement

Panglong Conference Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Panglong Agreement
commemoratedOn Union Day ⓘ
commemorationDate February 12 ⓘ
consequence expectation of federal-style autonomy for ethnic regions ⓘ
inclusion of frontier areas in independent Burma ⓘ
country Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
dateSigned 1947-02-12 ⓘ
granted autonomy to frontier areas ⓘ
equal rights to ethnic minorities ⓘ
financial autonomy to frontier areas ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for the formation of the Union of Burma ⓘ
reference point in later ethnic political demands in Myanmar ⓘ
symbol of ethnic unity in Burma ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
English ⓘ
locationSigned British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Burma

Panglong ⓘ
Southern Shan State ⓘ
negotiatedBy Aung San ⓘ
Frontier Areas leaders ⓘ
preIndependenceContext negotiated under British colonial rule ⓘ
providedFor creation of the Union of Burma ⓘ
equal status between Burman heartland and frontier areas ⓘ
self-administration for certain ethnic regions ⓘ
purpose to form the basis for the Union of Burma ⓘ
to secure ethnic minority cooperation in an independent Burma ⓘ
relatedTo Aung San–Attlee Agreement ⓘ
Union of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)

ethnic minority rights in Myanmar ⓘ
federalism debates in Myanmar ⓘ
signatory Aung San ⓘ
Chin leaders ⓘ
Kachin leaders ⓘ
Shan leaders ⓘ
signatoryParty Burma Interim Government ⓘ
Chin representatives ⓘ
Kachin representatives ⓘ
Shan representatives ⓘ
subjectMatter autonomy of frontier areas ⓘ
future constitution of the Union of Burma ⓘ
political rights of ethnic minorities ⓘ
yearSigned 1947 ⓘ

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Aung San → notableWork → Panglong Agreement ⓘ
Panglong Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Panglong Accord ⓘ
linked to: Panglong Agreement
Panglong Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Panglong Conference Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Panglong Agreement
Aung San–Attlee Agreement → relatedTo → Panglong Agreement ⓘ