Dr. Ba Maw (8 February 1893 - 29 May 1977) was a Burmese political leader. Ba Maw was born in Maubin, Burma (now Myanmar). Ba Maw came from a distinguished family of scholars and lawyers. One of his elder brothers, Dr Ba Han (1890-1969), was a lawyer as well as a lexicographer and legal scholar. In 1924 Ba Maw obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Bordeaux, France. Ba Maw wrote his doctoral thesis in the French language on aspects of Buddhism in Myanmar. Wikipedia
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