8888 Uprising

The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum:) also known as the People Power Uprising, the People's Democracy Movement, and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide demonstrations, marches, protests, and civil unrest in Burma (Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988, and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising. The protests began as a student movement and was organized largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).

8888 Uprising

The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum:) also known as the People Power Uprising, the People's Democracy Movement, and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide demonstrations, marches, protests, and civil unrest in Burma (Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988, and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising. The protests began as a student movement and was organized largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).