Kyandaw Cemetery

Kyandaw Cemetery (Burmese: ကြံတောသုသာန်), located in Kamayut Township, was Yangon's largest cemetery before it was demolished between 1996 and 1997 for redevelopment as the Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum.[1] The relocation of graves was ordered by the Burmese government in December 1996.[2] Descendants of the interred were given one month's notice to move the remains for reburial in Yangon's outskirts, at Yayway Cemetery and at Hteinbin Cemetery in Hlaingthaya Township.[3] Kyandaw Cemetery occupied a 50 acres (20 ha) expanse of land about .5 miles (0.80 km) away from Yangon University.[4] It was established during the colonial era.[4] Kyandaw Cemetery was the city's common burial ground for Burmese Buddhists, but also included Christian, Chinese, Hindu and Islamic cemeteries.[5] The Hindu section of the cemetery covered 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres).[6]

Kyandaw Cemetery
Details
Closed1996–1997
Location
Kamayut Township, Yangon
CountryMyanmar
Coordinates16.815641°N 96.131456°E / 16.815641; 96.131456
Find a GraveKyandaw Cemetery

In 1991, the Yangon City Corporation (now the Yangon City Development Committee) ordered the relocation of graves at St. John's Cantonment Cemetery to Kyandaw.[6] The graves included those of British soldiers.[6] In 1994, the army moved the remains of the interred from Tamwe Cemetery to Kyandaw to build a supermarket.[7]

Notable burials

References
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  5. "Burma: Solidarity". Time. 9 December 1946. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. "Government Takes Over Christian Cemetery in Yangon". UCA News. 27 August 1991. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. "Kyandaw Cemetery to Move" (PDF). Burma Alert. March 1997. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. Seekins, Donald M. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Scarecrow Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780810864863.
  9. Seekins, Donald M. (2014). State and Society in Modern Rangoon. Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 9781317601548.
  10. Ma Ma Lay (2008). A Man Like Him: Portrait of the Burmese Journalist, Journal Kyaw U Chit Maung. SEAP Publications. pp. 37–38. ISBN 9780877277774.
  11. Taylor, Robert (2015). General Ne Win: A Political Biography. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 433. ISBN 9789814620130.
  12. Egreteau, Renaud (February 2009). "The repression of the August 8–12 1988 (8-8-88) uprising in Burma/Myanmar". Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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