Young Men's Buddhist Association (Burma)
 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (June 2021) |
| ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာကလျာဏယုဝအသင်း | |
 Flag[1] | |
| Abbreviation | YMBA |
|---|---|
| Successor | General Council of Burmese Associations (1920) [2][3] |
| Formation | 1906 |
| Founder | U Ba Pe, Doctor Ba Yin, Sir Maung Gyi |
| Founded at | Yangon (Rangoon) |
| Purpose | Current: Ultranationalism[4][5] Buddhist nationalism[4] Historical: Anti-colonialism Burmese nationalism |
| Location | |
Chairman | U Ye Htun [1][6] |
Patron | Senior General Min Aung Hlaing [6] |
 |
|---|
 Myanmar portal |
The Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA) (Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာကလျာဏယုဝအသင်း) is a Buddhist cultural organization in Burma.
History
The YMBA was founded in Rangoon in 1906 as a federation of lay Buddhist groups dating back to 1898, with prominent founders including Ba Pe, Sir Maung Gyi and Dr. Ba Yin. It was modelled on the Young Men's Buddhist Association founded in Ceylon in 1898,[7] and was created to preserve the Buddhist-based culture in Burma against the backdrop of British colonialism including the incorporation of Burma into India.
The YMBA started its first open campaign against British rule in 1916,[8] and after many protests obtained a ruling that abbots could impose dress codes on all visitors to Buddhists monasteries.[9]
The organization split in 1918 when older members insisted that it should remain apolitical, whilst younger members sought to enter the political sphere, sending a delegation to India to meet the Viceroy and Secretary of State to request the separation of Burma from India.[3]: p.153–154 Further lobbying delegations were sent to London in 1919 and 1920. Following its key involvement in the 1920 student strike,[3] the most nationalist elements of the YMBA broke off and formed a political party known as the General Council of Burmese Associations,[10] whilst a senior faction later formed the Independent Party.[citation needed] The YMBA is closely identified with the Myanmar military, and bestowed Military Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing with titles and the role of permanent patron. In February 2021 they were the first civil organization to issue a public statement supporting the Tatmadaw in their military coup.[4]
Activities
The organization has founded multiple schools. It was one of the key organizations in the start of nationalist sentiment in Burma.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "YMBA အသင်းသူ/သားများအနေဖြင့် YMBA ဗဟိုအမှုဆောင်များအား ကြိုတင်အသိပေးတင်ပြခြင်းမရှိဘဲ မိမိသဘောဆန္ဒအလျောက် မီဒီယာများကိုဖြေကြားခွင့်မပြု". People Media (in Burmese). 11 January 2021.
- ^ သမိုင်း၊ အဋ္ဌမတန်း၊ Grade-9 [History Textbook, Eighth Standard, Grade-9]. Ministry of Education, The Republic of The Union of Myanmar.
- ^ a b c Fukui, Haruhiro (1985). Political parties of Asia and the Pacific. Greenwood Press. pp. 131–132.
- ^ a b c "Tatmadaw supporters march in Yangon". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Complaints against YMBA's operations continue". The Myanmar Times. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ a b c နေဝန်းထက် (23 October 2019). "ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာကလျာဏယုဝအသင်းချုပ် (YMBA)အနေဖြင့် အမျိုး၊ ဘာသာ၊ သာသနာ၊ ပညာကို တစိုက်မတ်မတ် လုပ်ဆောင်ရန် အသင်း၏ ရာသက်ပန်နာယက ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီးမင်းအောင်လှိုင် မှာကြား". Eleven News (in Burmese). Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2009) The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and Activism in Burma p12
- ^ William Roger Louis (1999) Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol. 4, Oxford University Press
- ^ History of Burma Michigan State University
- ^ Here Today, Gone Tomorrow The Irrawaddy, 8 November 2009
Further reading
- Michale W. Charney. A History of Modern Burma. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. p. 31.
- Georgetown Berkeley Center article on this organization
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
