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Ohn Maung
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<p>Ohn Maung was a <a href="/facts/Burma/zcqQH2oE">Burmese</a> <a href="/facts/Civil_servant/2fqVlLtB">civil servant</a> who served as the <a href="/facts/Permanent_secretary/pY2REcHH">Permanent secretary</a> of Transport in <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Burma</a>'s pre-independence government. He, along with seven other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Aung_San/yR2Ppeag">Aung San</a>), was assassinated on 19 July 1947 in <a href="/facts/Yangon/y88kj6dh">Yangon</a>. 19 July is commemorated each year as the <a href="/facts/Burmese_Martyrs%2527_Day/k5B350g6">Martyrs' Day</a> in Myanmar. </p>