Maha Tharay Sithu () is one of the five honors of the

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and is a third class honor. On 4 January 1948, after the establishment of a sovereign and independent Union of

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, the President of the Union Government has introduced a new system of annual awards in commemoration of

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. Maha Thray Sithu to

Chao Pha Saopha (), also spelled Sawbwa, was the title used by hereditary rulers of Shan states in Upper Myanmar. Chaopha and Chao Fa were similar titles used by the hereditary Tai peoples, Tai rulers in mainland Southeast Asia and the Ahom kingdom in I ...

, Ministers, Ministers of the Supreme Court and Outstanding State Officials were awarded.

Recipients

U Thant Thant ( ; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian as well as Asian to hold the positio ...

, Former

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* Myoma U Ba Lwin (1951) * Pe Khin, a Burmese diplomat. *U Kya Pu,

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Public Representative *Secretary-General Khin Maung Phyu (1949) *Dr. Ba Han *Min Nyo (1958) * Brigadier General Aung Gyi *Brigadier General Maung Maung Kyaw Win *

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, Thai prime minister *U Sein, Chief Minister of Kayah State from 1948 to 1960 *Lieutenant General Tin Oo *

Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Council, chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) since seizing power in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Fe ...

References

Arts in Myanmar

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