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The Thakins (Burmese: သခင် sa.hkang IPA: [θəkʰɪ̀ɴ]; also spelled Thakhin) were a Burmese nationalist group formed around the 1930s and composed of young disgruntled intellectuals. Drawing their name from the way in which the British were addressed during colonial times thakin means lord or master just as the Indians called the British sahib. The party however is formally known as the Dobama Asiayone Movement (which can be translated into either We Burmans or Our Burma).
