Great Loss for Literary World: Myanmar Historian passed away at the age of 93

Myanmar literati, historian-cum-culturist Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja, Sithu Sayagyi Dr Khin Maung Nyunt passed away at 8 pm on 15 September at the age of 93. Dr Khin Maung Nyunt was born in Chanayethazan of Mandalay on 13 May 1929.

He was the second son of his parents. He learned at Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Boys’ school, Thante School and St Peter School in Mandalay and passed the matriculation examination in 1948. He passed the Inter courses of Arts at Mandalay College in the 1948-49 and 1949-50 academic years.

In 1952, he won the gold medal after passing the Bachelor of Arts at Mandalay College. Throughout his life, Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt served as Chair of the History Association at Mandalay College, executive of Myanmar Association and editor in the English section of the annual magazine, tutor and Assistant Lecturer at the Modern History and Political Science Department of Yangon University, Lecturer-cum-Head of History Department at Mawlamyine College, University of Education and Workers’ College, Director-General at the Fine Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture and the State Historical Research Department, Professor at the History Department and International Relations Department of Mandalay University, Director-General of the Department of Archaeology Department, chairman of the Myanmar Historical True Events Compilation Committee, member of the Myanmar Historical Commission and the Chief Editor of the Myanmar Perspective magazine. 

He also wrote books on the customs of ethnic Chin and Shan and historical and cultural articles. In 2010, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award. The remains of the Sayagyi were cremated on 16 September.