title: Ba Cho
text: # Ba Cho
  
  Ba Cho (Burmese: ဘချို, pronounced; 24 April 1893 – 19 July 1947) 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. July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.
  
  Ba Cho was also president of Trade Union Congress of Burma.
  
  