Pantanaw (Burmese: ပန်းတနော်မြို့[páɰ̃tənɔ̀mjo̰]) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in the Maubin District. It is the hometown of former Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who was known in Burmese naming convention as Pantanaw U Thant.[2] The renowned modern painter Ba Nyan was also born in Pantanaw.[3]
Former Prime Minister U Nu was a superintendent of schools in Pantanaw Township at the urge of his friend U Thant who was a headmaster at the school in Pantanaw.[4]
^Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Pantanaw Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ပန်းတနော်ာမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Pantanaw Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^A. Walter Dorn (2007). "U Thant: Buddhism in Action" (PDF). In Kille, Kent (ed.). The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. pp. 145–147. ISBN 978-1-58901-180-9.
^"U BA NYAN (1897 - 1945)". Thavibu Gallery. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^Saw Yan Naing (22 January 2009). "Remembering U Thant and His Achievmeents". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012.
Pantanaw (Burmese: ပန်းတနော်မြို့ [páɰ̃tənɔ̀ mjo̰]) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in...
position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month. A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at Rangoon University...
Pantanaw Township (Burmese: ပန်းတနော်မြို့နယ် Burmese pronunciation: [páɰ̃tənɔ̀ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maubin District in the Ayeyarwady Region of...
village groups and 1642 villages organized into four townships - Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon and Danuphyu. The district lies on a flat plain, cut by many...
local convention. In Myanmar, he was known as Pantanaw U Thant, in reference to his hometown, Pantanaw.[citation needed] In the Near East's Arab world...
Island). Major cities include Bogale, Maubin, Myaungmya, Moulmeingyun, Pantanaw, Pathein, Pyapon, Dedaye up to Twante, and Kyauktan. There is no extensive...
Ayutthaya Kingdom Maha Thammaracha Tabinshwehti King of Burma April 30, 1550 Pantanaw Toungoo dynasty Smim Sawhtut Ashikaga Yoshiteru Shōgun June 17, 1565 Nijō...
Kyaukmyaung Mandalay Sagaing Yenangyaung Chauk Bagan Nyaung-U Pyay Hinthada Pantanaw . Until the construction of the Ava (Innwa) Bridge, a 16 span rail and...
Irrawaddy River with Wakema Township of Myaungmya District to its west and Pantanaw Township to the northwest. Its north and northwest borders are within Maubin...
northwest. To its west, it borders Kyonpyaw Township of the Pathein District. Pantanaw Township in the southwest and Nyaungdon Township in the southeast form...
to the north. To the east and southeast it borders Danubyu Township and Pantanaw Township of Maubin District respectively. To the south and west, it borders...
handling of the medium. Ba Nyan was the fourth of six children, born in Pantanaw in 1897. He displayed his talent for painting at an early age, and for...
October 20, 1967 Tokyo, Japan 1965, 1966, 1967 U Thant January 22, 1909 Pantanaw, Maubin, Myanmar December 25, 1974 New York City, New York, United States...
Township and Kyaunggon Township. To the northeast, the township borders Pantanaw Township and Ma-ubin District. The township's eastern border follows the...
to assassinate the king and seize the throne. The crew set up camp at Pantanaw where they spent weeks in search of a white elephant, considered extremely...
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