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The YMBA was founded in Rangoon in 1906 as a federation of lay Buddhist groups dating back to 1898, with prominent founders including Ba Pe, Sir Maung Gyi and Dr. Ba Yin. It was modelled on the Young Men's Buddhist Association founded in Ceylon in 1898, [ 5 ] and was created to preserve the Buddhist-based culture in Burma against the backdrop ...
Barrister Don Baron Jayatilaka, President of the YMBA Colombo, pre 1920.. The YMBA, or Young Men's Buddhist Association, was created in Sri Lanka in 1898. The main founder was C. S. Dissanayake [1] as part of a bid to provide Buddhist institutions as an alternative to YMCA, otherwise known as the Young Men's Christian Association.
The Young Buddhist Association (YBA) is an auxiliary lay group of the Buddhist Churches of America, the mainland U.S. branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. Founded in 1974 and originally known as the "Young Men's Buddhist Association" (YMBA, which was modeled after YMCA), the YBA began as a way to offer communal activities for young Japanese-American Shin Buddhist men in the United States.
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Ambarella A2-A1-RH, used in a camcorder. Ambarella, Inc. is an American fabless semiconductor design company, [1] focusing on low-power, high-definition and Ultra HD video compression, image processing, and computer vision processors. [2]
The land on Colombo Road – on which Maliyadeva Girls' College is situated today – was purchased in 1943 by Sir John Kothalawala, president of YMBA Kurunegala, and was owned by the Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA). At the annual meeting of the YMBA, it was decided to transfer the ownership of this land to the government in order to ...
Mareeba Airfield (IATA: MRG, ICAO: YMBA) is an airfield located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) south of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. Built in 1942 as a US Army Air Force base during World War II , the airfield had two runways, with a complement of taxiways, hardstands and a containment area.
Thein Maung was born on January 2, 1891, in Paungde, Myanmar.He attended Paungde Government Middle School, Yangon Government High School, and St. Patrick's High School in Mawlamyine.