Ne Myo Nawrahta Explained

Ne Myo Nawrahta
Birth Place:Khin Latt, Mu valley
Allegiance:Konbaung Dynasty
Branch:Royal Burmese Army
Serviceyears:April 1752 – May 1757
Rank:General
Battles:Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War
Awards:Min Kyaw Sithu
Laterwork:Mayor of Yangon

Ne Myo Nawrahta (Burmese: နေမျိုး နော်ရထာ, in Burmese pronounced as /nè mjó nɔ̀jətʰà/) was a Konbaung era general who later became the first mayor of Yangon. The general was one of the first Sixty Eight Commanders that Alaungpaya selected to fight in his resistance movement against the southern occupation forces of the Hanthawaddy in 1752. The future general was born Shwe Yi in a small village of Khin Latt in the Mu valley in present-day Sagaing Region.[1]

He was appointed mayor of Yangon by Alaungpaya on 24 May 1757 (2nd waning of Waso 1119 ME).[2] The king had just enlarged the former village of Dagon which he captured two years earlier to make it the main port city of his kingdom.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Alaungpaya Ayedawbon . Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun . Hla Thamein . c. 1770 . Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma . 1961 . Burmese . 35.
  2. Alaungpaya Ayedawbon, p. 222