Maha Thiri Thudhamma Explained

Maha Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha
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Awarded By:	President of Myanmar
Type:	Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha
Established:	2.9.1948
Country:	Myanmar
Higher:	Sado Thiri Thudhamma
Lower:	Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha

The Maha Thiri Thudhamma (Burmese: မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မာ, from Pali: mahāsīrisudhammā) is an honorary award given to those who have served in the military or the civil service since the 1948 independence. In the past, this title was given to the President, Chief Justice; Speaker of the Hluttaw, the Commander-in-Chief and Ministers.^{[1] [2]} One of the first women to win the title in Myanmar was Khin Kyi,^[3] who obtained it in 1951.

List of Maha Thiri Thudhamma recipients

• Daw Khin Kyi - a Burmese politician and diplomat, best known for her marriage to the country's leader, Aung San. They have four children, including Aung San Suu Kyi. She was born in Myaungmya, an Irrawaddy Delta town, on 16 April 1912.^[4]
• Gen. Ne Win - a Burmese politician and military commander who served as Prime Minister of Burma.^[5]
• Saw Kyar Doe
• President U Ba Oo
• Bo Let Ya - a Burmese military officer and a member of the legendary Thirty Comrades.^[6]

See also

• Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha
• Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha
• Salwe

Notes and References

1. https://www.mlis.gov.mm/mLsView.do;jsessionid=CB95CD4DA7BE565FD0F99C26E2416280?lawordSn=11368 ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့များ၊ ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်တံဆိပ်များဆိုင်ရာပြဋ္ဌာန်းချက်
2. https://www.bbc.com/burmese/in-depth-46747952 လွတ်လပ်ရေးခေတ်က လွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့မှာ ပေးတဲ့ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ် သင်္ဂဟ၊ ဘီဘီစီ
3. Web site: မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မ ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်.
4. News: Letter from Burma: Flowers in her hair . Aung San Suu Kyi . 29 April 2012 . The Mainichi . 1 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120502091420/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20120427p2a00m0na020000c.html . 2 May 2012 .
5. Web site: U Ne Win. Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 April 2018.
6. Zöllner. Hans-Bernd. 2008. Material on Two Political Dictionaries. Working Paper No. 10:13. Universität Passau. 1435-5310. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514050951/http://www.zoellner-online.org/mlp13.pdf. 2011-05-14.