Historic Rangoon University Student Union (RUSU)

Intro Text
Of small scale but even greater embodiment of political changes next to the university is the historic Rangoon University Student Union building RUSU [58]. Funded by donations of a wealthy Burmese businessman called Dr. U Nyo, the building was finished in summer of 1931.
This establishment of the RUSU allowed the students to gather and stratify profound events that would change Myanmar' narrative.
Due to its crucial work from the liberation of the colonial rulership, the building has become since the 1920s a symbol of anti-colonial nationalism and anti-fascism.
Key Notion
nest of liberation and democratic movements
the legacy of student unions
destroyed heritage
Built
1931
Date of Incident
8th July 1962
Demolished Time
1962; 1963
Location Address
300 Adipati Road