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Born in Rangoon on June 19th, the daughter of independence hero and national leader General Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi; General Aung San is assassinated July 19, 1947. Aung San Suu Kyi is educated in Rangoon until 15 years old.
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Accompanies mother to Delhi on her appointment as Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal and studies politics at Delhi University.
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BA in philosophy, politics and economics, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University. She is elected Honorary Fellow in 1990.
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Assistant Secretary, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, United Nations Secretariat, New York.
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Research Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bhutan; married Dr. Michael Aris, a British scholar.
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Birth of sons Alexander in London (1973) and Kim (1977) in Oxford.
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Visiting Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.
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Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla.
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Student protests break out in Rangoon.
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Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law that allows for detention without charge or trial for three years.
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General Ne Win steps down as Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party(BSPP) after 26 years, triggering prodemocracy movement.
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The famous 8-8-88 mass uprising starts in Rangoon and spreads to the entire country, drawing millions of people to protest against the BSPP government. The following military crackdown killed thousands.
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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses half-million mass rally in front of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon and calls for a democratic government.
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The military reestablishes its power and the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) is formed. The military again crushes the pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds more.
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The National League for Democracy (NLD) is formed, with Aung San Suu Kyi as general secretary.
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Daw Khin Kyi, mother of Aung San Suu Kyi, dies. The funeral procession draws a huge crowd of supporters, which turns into a peaceful protest against military rule.
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Despite her continuing detention, the National League for Democracy wins a landslide victory in the general elections by securing 82 percent of the seats; the military junta refuses to recognise the results of the election.
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Awarded, in absentia, the 1990 Rafto Human Rights Prize.
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Awarded, in absentia, the 1990 Sakharov Prize (human rights prize of the European Parliament).
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The military regime retroactively amends the law under which Aung San Suu Kyi is held to allow for detention for up to five years without charge or trial.
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