In 1946, not long before his assassination by political rivals in Yangon, Aung San delivered a fiery pro-independence speech on the steps of Shwedagon Pagoda, a 2,500-year-old, gold-leaf-covered ...

The property was originally given to Suu Kyi's mother, the diplomat Daw Khin Kyi, in 1947, following the assassination of Suu Kyi's father Aung San, who led the country towards independence.