Aung San Suu Kyi's link with 24, Akbar Road

For two years beginning 1961, 24, Akbar Road had played host to Aung San Suu Kyi.

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to four years in jail on December 6, 2021, on charges of corruption, flouting Covid rules and more, has a strong Indian link, rather with the Congress party’s New Delhi headquarters: 24, Akbar Road.

For two years beginning 1961, 24, Akbar Road had played host to Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and former state counsellor of Myanmar (the erstwhile Burma). Aung San Suu Kyi was barely 15 when she arrived at 24, Akbar Road with her mother, Daw Khin Kyi, Aung San's widow, who was appointed Myanmar's ambassador to India.