{{Short description|Burmese journalist, one of 9 martyrs}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Ba Cho}} {{Burmese name|Dedok}} {{Burmese name|U}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ba Cho | honorific_prefix = Dedok <br> U | native_name = {{lang|my|ဒီးဒုတ်ဦးဘချို}} | image = | office = Minister of Information | prime_minister = Aung San | term_start = September 1946 | term_end = 19 July 1947 | predecessor = New Office | successor = | office2 = President of Trade Union Congress (Burma) | term_start2 = November 1945 | term_end2 = July 1947 | predecessor2 = New Office | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1893|4|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Myaungmya, British Burma | death_date = {{death date and age|1947|7|19|1893|4|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Yangon, British Burma | resting_place = Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar | party = AFPFL | spouse = Hla May ({{lang|my|လှမေ}}) | children = Mya Mya | alma_mater = University of Rangoon | profession = journalist, publisher }} '''Ba Cho''' ({{langx|my|ဘချို}}, {{IPA|my|ba̰ tɕʰò|pron}}; 24 April 1893 – 19 July 1947), known honorifically as '''''Dedok'' U Ba Cho''', was a Burmese newspaper publisher and politician who served as the Minister of Information in Myanmar's pre-independence government. Ba Cho and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon.<ref name=bw11>{{cite journal | title=Brief Biographies of the Martyrs | author=Tin Naing Toe | language=Burmese | url=http://www.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3827:2010-07-18-03-26-08&catid=78:2009-11-13-06-25-17&Itemid=135 | journal=Bi-Weekly Eleven | publisher=Weekly Eleven Publishing Group | date=18 July 2010}}</ref> 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.
Ba Cho was also president of Trade Union Congress of Burma.<ref name="thes">{{cite web | first=Kyaw Zaw | last=Win | url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=theses | title=A history of the Burma Socialist Party (1930-1964) | publisher=University of Wollongong | date=July 2008 | access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
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Category:Assassinated Burmese politicians Category:1893 births Category:1947 deaths Category:University of Yangon alumni Category:Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League politicians Category:People from Ayeyarwady Region Category:People murdered in Myanmar Category:Government ministers of Myanmar Category:Deaths by firearm in Myanmar Category:Politicians assassinated in the 1940s