India, April 9 -- The economy was shattered due to war, towns and cities were devastated. They decided to attain peace by a policy of non-participation, but due to internal strife, it did not result in peace. Burma stopped accepting aid from the US and rejected all foreign aids because a general support was given to Taiwan by the United States. By 1958, Burma attained peace and there was an economic revival.
There were some quarrels in the ruling party (AFPFL) between Thakin Nu and his associates. Thakin Nu invited Ne Win (Army Chief of staff) and Aung Sons (second in-command) to accept dictatorship. Seeing the situation, Ne Win established security to stabilise the situation and re-elections took place in February 1960, in which Thakin Nu...