ရုပ်ရှင်မင်းသား မောင်မောင်တာ၊ မန္တလေးသား စိန်ပီတာကျောင်းထွက်(ဒုတိယပိုင်း)

Continue from From Wikipedia, Maung Maung Ta
1957Graduated from the Burma School of Jour [1] nalism. In the same year, the Motion Picture Council, Burma, chose him to represent Burma at the 1957 Asian Film Festival held in Manila, Philippines. Maung Maung Ta was received in audience by President Carlo Garcia at the Malacanang Palace ion Manila. He performed the tango on television with Philippine Actress Lita Gutierrez.
1958He established a movie company in Mandalay, the Naypyidaw Film Co. The first production Mhyaw Ta Lint Lint - "Never Say Goodbye - was a top box office success for the year 1962. Maung Maung Ta directed/produced the only Indian movie produced in Yangon, titled “Pardesi Hisdustani", with a local Indian cast. It was a success.
1994In 1994 Maung Maung Ta produced and directed a movie in Los Angeles titled “Love and Hate”, starring himself as the heart specialist Dr Arthur Maughan Ta, with his wife May acted by Ma Thida. The all Myanmar cast included five times Myanmar Academy Award winner Myint Myint Khin as the mother of the lead star Alex, acted by Ali Asgar. Also starring was the vocalist May Sweet and Ali Akbar as Alex's father. The English speaking movie with an all Myanmar cast with Thida Win and Mar Mar Aye in the cast was not permitted to be shown in Myanmar.
Political life1962Under Operation “White Elephant” General Ne Win, who had made a coup d'état upon the democratically elected government of Prime Minister U Nu, sent 1200 of the U Nu's supporters to jail custody, Maung Maung Ta was one of them. All detainees were kept for 14 months except for Maung Maung Ta, who was released by order of General Ne Win after two months.
1964-1966As requested by ex Minister for Trade U Raschid and the hospital committee, Maung Maung Ta became the Chief Administrator in control of the Muslim Free Hospital in Barr Street, Rangoon. The Hospital was returned by him in a “better” shape to the Hospital Committee after 3 years sole management.
1972Elected President of the All Myanmar Shia Muslim Organization on the decease of its President in 1971.
1973Maung Maung Ta as President of the AMSMO plays host in Rangoon to Mr Innamullah Khan, the Secretary General of the World Muslim Congress - Rabita.
1977Elected Vice President of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council (IRAC), Myanmar at its 9th Conference held in Myithkyina. He served at the CEC of the IRAC from 1977 till 1995.
As Chairman of the “Islamic University Building Committee” he led a committee that collected enough funds to build an Islamic University in Yangon in 1977.
1978Elected President, by the Holy Prophet Day Celebrations Central Committee, of three consecutive (1450-1452) “Yauman Nabi” years as Chairman of the Birthday Celebrations. He is the only Shia Muslim to head a Sunni majority dominated committee in the history of the Committee.
1979Host to Hujjatul Islam Mohammed Ali Khatame, representative of Ayatollah Khomeini immediately after the Iranian Revolution.
1980
The visiting Brother General from Rome, Italy appointed the old St. Peterite student Maung Maung Ta the Chairman of the St. John Baptist de La Salle Tercentenary Celebrations (1680-1980), Myanmar.
1983In London, UK to become one of the Founder Members of the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League, an Arab-based cover organization for the Shia Muslims of the world. Attended the inaugural conference held in August 1983 and other subsequent tri-annual conferences in London. Appointed by WABIL UK as the resident representative of WABIL in Myanmar.
Performed the Haj at Mecca, Saudi Arabia, together with 150000 Iranian pilgrims as a member of the Iranian Haj caravan at Mecca, with the permission of Ayatullah Kohe’Niha, its commander.
1985Visited the US for the first time to attend daughter Zeenat's wedding. Received a Green Card and had his right eye operated in Los Angeles. Became a resident alien of the US as Resident Alien A 027195222.
1988During the massive anti-government demonstrations and civil turmoil in 1988, he was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the League for Democracy and Peace, a political organization headed by the ex Prime Minister the U Nu.
1990Stood for parliamentary election in 1990 from Mandalay under Myanmar's military regime.[2]
Awards
2003: Ambassador for Peace, Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace
2004: Crown of Peace award, IIFWP (USA)
2004: Fellow of the Dublin Metropolitan University
2005: PhD in London from the Dublin Metropolitan University,
2006: Received the Hind Rattan Award in New Delhi in India on the eve of India's Independence Day, 2006.