Peasants' Day
Public holiday in Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peasants' Day (Burmese: တောင်သူလယ်သမားနေ့) is a public holiday in Myanmar, marking the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.[1][2] In 1965, the Union Revolutionary Council designated the day as a gazetted holiday, and commemorates the contributions of farmers.[2] Before the change, Peasants' Day was observed on 1 January.[3][2]
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Quick Facts Peasants' Day တောင်သူလယ်သမားနေ့, Observed by ...
Peasants' Day တောင်သူလယ်သမားနေ့ | |
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Observed by | Myanmar |
Type | National |
Significance | Commemorates the 1962 Burmese coup d'état |
Date | 2 March |
Frequency | Annual |
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