Anti-Separation League
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The Anti-Separation League was a political alliance in Burma.
History
[edit]The alliance was formed in July 1932 by parties that were not in favour of Burma being separated from British Raj in order to contest the 1932 general elections,[1] as the British government had indicated that it would take the outcome of the elections as an indication of Burmese opinion.[2] Despite its name, the Anti Separation League was not in favour of maintaining the union with India, wanting Dominion status along with separation.[3]
The alliance included the main factions of the General Council of Burmese Associations and the former Home Rule Party and Swaraj Party factions of the Nationalist Party.[4] Unlike its poorly-funded opponent, the Separation League, the Anti-Separation League was backed by Indian commercial interests concerned by the prospect of separation. The alliance was also backed by Buddhist monks,[1] who the Separation League sought to ban from political involvement.[2]
The League soon split into two groups; the Chit Hlaing faction led by Chit Hlaing, U Myat Tha Dun and U Paw Tun and the Ba Maw faction led by Ba Maw, Kyaw Myint and Ramree U Maung Maung.[1] In the elections the League won 42 seats, defeating the Separationists. However, when the Legislative Council met, the alliance refused to support a motion calling for Burma to remain part of India.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp113–114
- 1 2 Fukui, p148
- ↑ Thomson, John Seabury; Chakravarti, Nalini Ranjan (February 1975). "The Indian Minority in Burma: The Rise and Decline of an Immigrant Community". The American Historical Review. 80 (1): 173. doi:10.2307/1859189. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1859189.
- ↑ Fukui, pp145–146
