Family
While he was War Minister in 1942, Aung San met and married Khin Kyi, and around the same time her sister met and married Thakin Than Tun, the Communist leader. Aung San and Khin Kyi had three children. Their youngest surviving child, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the Burmese Opposition, the National League for Democracy (NLD), and was until 13 November 2010, held under house arrest by the military regime. Their second son, Aung San Lin, died at age eight, when he drowned in an ornamental lake in the grounds of the house. The elder, Aung San Oo, is an engineer working in the United States and has disagreed with his sister's political activities. Their youngest daughter, Aung San Chit, born in September 1946, died on 26th sep 1946 the same day Aung San got into Governor"s Executive council, a few days after her birth. Aung San's wife Daw Khin Kyi died on 27 December 1988.Daw Khin Kyi's Mausoleum was constructed by Engineer corps,close supervised by major Win Aung Tint, Capt Tin Aye & wo 1 Kan Nyunt of G E (954)Yangon, situated on former Godwin road .
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