MYANMAR
(Formerly called Burma)
(See also Lahu [Language]; Myanmar [Language])
Anglo-Indians: yb13 85
civil war (1948- ): yb13 96
description: yb13 78-80, 82-83, 98-99, 110, 113, 115
discussion: g01 12/8 16-20
elephant: g88 10/22 26-27
government:
military takes over (1962-1966): yb13 106-107
languages: yb13 82, 163; w09 6/1 11
legends reflecting Tower of Babel: g89 1/22 21
maps: yb13 81; g01 12/8 17
Chin State: yb13 111
northwest: yb13 143
name change: yb13 79; g89 10/8 28
religion: yb13 133; g01 12/8 18-19
Baptists: yb13 110
Bible translations: w09 6/1 11; w97 10/15 8, 10; ba 12
Buddhism: yb13 80, 82, 103, 134
nominal Christians: yb13 82, 91
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb13 94
ban on literature (1941): yb13 92-93; jv 455
literature sent into China: yb13 92-93; jv 455-456
Branch Committee: yb13 108, 110, 167
branch office: g01 12/8 20; jv 395
Yangon (Rangoon) (1947): yb13 95-96; yb01 30; g01 12/8 20
Yangon (Rangoon) (1978): w10 12/1 29; g01 12/8 20
Yangon (Rangoon) (2000): yb13 149-153; w10 12/1 29; yb01 27, 30; g01 12/8 20
Yangon (Rangoon) (2013): yb14 41-43
branch office having oversight:
Australia (1938- ): yb13 89
India ( -1938): yb13 89
branch overseers: yb13 95, 107-108; w10 12/1 28
children: yb95 4
four-year-old refuses to join in school prayer: yb91 5, 7
clergy opposition: yb13 123-124
colporteurs: jv 559
commendation:
bus driver: yb14 42
congregations: yb13 89, 94-96, 106, 111, 113-115, 118, 123
conventions: yb13 90-91, 123; w10 12/1 28-29; yb90 12; w89 2/1 21; w88 11/1 10, 13
chickens replenished: yb13 138-139
despite martial law: yb13 135, 138
“Keep on the Watch!” International Convention (2009): yb13 166-171
“Peace on Earth” International Assembly (1969): yb13 118-120, 125
early witnessing: yb13 85-87, 89; g01 12/8 20; jv 559
field ministry:
Buddhists: yb13 133-135
growth: yb13 84, 100, 133, 146, 172; w10 12/1 27, 29; jv 395
Kingdom Halls: yb13 123-124, 153, 156-157; w06 11/1 20
legal recognition (1990): yb13 148-149; w90 11/1 20
meetings: yb13 85
fish caught after: yb13 139
missionaries: yb13 95-97, 106-107, 157-159, 161; jv 528, 546; w88 11/1 13
modern history: yb13 78-173; g01 12/8 20
persecution:
mob action: yb13 124
persons:
Ah She and Cherry: yb13 122
Aoki, Hiroshi and Junko: yb13 157-159
Aye Aye Thit: yb13 113
Ba Oo: yb13 101
Barber, Norman: yb13 95; jv 546
Biak Mawia: yb13 121
Carmichael, Hendry: yb13 85
Chu May (Daisy): yb13 91-94
Coote, Sydney and Rachel: yb13 86-88, 94, 101
Davidsson, Håkan and Helene: lfs article 17
Dewar, Donald: yb13 111-112, 152, 167
Dewar, Frank: yb13 89-91, 95, 155
Engel, Mick: yb13 89, 92-93; jv 455
Goodman, Claude: yb13 85-86
Gumja Naw and Nan Lu: yb13 115
Hnin May (Lily): yb13 91-94
John, Wilfred: w93 5/1 28, 30
Kassholm, Mats and Ann-Catrin: w25.09 30
Kirk, Robert: yb13 95, 101; jv 528
Kyaw Win: yb13 113, 138, 150-151, 167-168
Lian Sang and Sein Aye: yb13 140-141
Mang Cung: yb13 116
Marcelline, Bertram: yb13 85
May Sin Oo: yb13 164-165
Mya Maung: yb13 117-118
Myint Lwin and Lal Lun Mawmi: yb13 114, 142-145, 168-169
Naygar Po Han: yb13 101-102
Oates, Hector: yb13 89, 92-93; jv 455-456
O’Neill, Dunstan and Pramila (Galliara): yb13 106, 110-112
Paton, Fred: yb13 89-90, 92-93; jv 455-456
Phum Ram: yb13 118
Pickering, Bruce: yb13 152-153
Raj, Maurice and Doris: yb13 102, 107-110, 112, 115, 118-119, 167, 171-173; w10 12/1 26-29
Rajan Pandit: yb13 127
Richards, Robert and Baby: yb13 95, 103, 105-106, 117
Sagar Rai and Jyoti: yb13 154-155
San Aye: yb13 117-118
Sarilo, Gregory: yb13 124, 126
Sa Than Htun Aung and Htu Aung: yb13 130-131
Sharp, Jon: yb13 166-167
Soe Lwin: yb13 160
Than Tum: yb13 111
Thein, Wilson: yb13 104-105, 117
Tippin, Ronald: yb13 85-86
Tsatos, Basil: w93 8/1 22-23, 25
Win Pe: yb13 120
Wright, George: yb13 85
Zauja, Robin: yb13 103, 106, 123-124, 129
Zaw Bawm and Lu Mai: yb13 136-137
pioneers: yb13 85-86, 89-91, 103, 106, 117-118, 121, 123-124, 130-131
special pioneers: yb13 103-106, 110-113, 117, 120, 125, 127
places:
Chin State: yb13 110-115
Dawei: yb13 127
Golden Triangle: yb13 123-124
Hakha: yb13 111-115
Khampat: yb13 128
Khamti: yb13 120-121, 123
Kyonsha: w10 12/1 27
Lashio: yb13 92-93, 123-124
Mandalay: yb13 87, 89, 103, 106
Matupi: yb13 113-115
Mawlamyine (Moulmein): yb13 89, 106, 129
Myitkyina: yb13 106, 117-120; w10 12/1 28-29
Pathein (Bassein): yb13 106, 155, 164
Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo): yb13 94, 141
Rakhine State: yb13 172-173
Yangon (Rangoon): yb13 84-87, 90-96, 148-153, 156, 164
Zalun: yb13 127-128
printing: yb13 147-148
publications:
Bible New World Translation: yb13 161
book From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained: yb13 129
book “Let God Be True”: yb13 101
booklet Millions Now Living Will Never Die!: yb13 85
booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World: yb13 87, 89
magazine Awake!: yb13 148
magazine The Watchtower: yb13 101-103, 147-148
relief work:
Cyclone Nargis (2008): yb13 163-166; w11 6/15 26; w09 3/1 10-12
service experiences: yb92 49; w89 2/1 21; yb89 45
67-year-old woman learns Jehovah’s name: w24.04 10
amputee: yb13 140-141
Buddhists: yb13 130-131, 135, 160
Catholic lay preacher: yb13 122
Catholic’s suspicions allayed: yb13 126
drug addict: w97 9/1 29
drug dealer: yb13 136-137
drug smuggler: yb08 53-54
flat tire leads to Bible study: yb13 158-159
husband impressed by help of Witnesses: w04 6/1 30
Kayins: yb13 91-92
military personnel: yb13 128-129, 132-133
Naga people: yb13 120-121, 123
on ferryboat: bt 6-7
uses Watchtower to roll cigars: yb13 116
woman whose three children died: yb99 52
serving where need is greater: w18.07 3-6
translation work: yb13 101-102, 161-163
MEPS system: lfs article 17
traveling overseers: yb13 111-115, 142-145
visits by—
Barr, J. E.: yb13 153; yb01 30
Franz, F. W.: yb13 102-103
Henschel, M. G.: w93 8/1 24-25
Knorr, N. H.: yb13 102-103; w93 8/1 24-25
Lösch, G.: yb13 170-171
Pierce, G. H.: yb14 41-42
World War II: yb13 92-95