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The Independent Party, also known as the Golden Valley Party or Progressive Party,〔Maung Maung (2012) ''Burma's Constitution'', Springer Science & Business Media, p29〕〔 was a pro-British political party in Burma during the 1920s and 1930s. Its leadership included J.A. Maung Gyi, U Khin and U May Oung.〔 ==History== The party evolved from the senior faction of the Young Men's Buddhist Association, whose members were conservative, western-educated and willing to accept the colonial system of government.〔Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Politcal parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp133−134〕 It gained the name the Golden Valley Party (''Shwe Taung Gyar'') in reference to the upper-class suburbs in which its leaders lived,〔 but was not formally organised, nor had any popular support.〔 Although the 1922 general elections saw the 21 Party emerge as the largest party in the Legislative Council, its leader Ba Pe refused to form a government with the Golden Valley Party, allowing Maung Gyi to head the new government.〔(Here Today, Gone Tomorrow ) The Irrawaddy, 3 November 2009〕 The 1925 (in which it won 20 of the 80 seats)〔 and 1928 elections (12 seats) ended with the same outcome due to favouritism by the British authorities.〔 The party contested the 1932 elections calling for the separation of Burma from India, but were defeated by the anti-separatists, who won a landslide;〔 Ba Maw of the Mawmyintbye Party became Chief Minister. A few Independent Party candidates won seats in the 1936 elections.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Independent Party (Burma)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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