Maha Thiri Thudhamma
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.
| Maha Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha | |
|---|---|
 Insignia of the Order of Thudhamma Thingaha with neck ribbon | |
| Awarded by President of Myanmar | |
| Type | Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha |
| Established | 2.9.1948 |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Ribbon | (Ribbon's design of all three grades are same and doesn't have defining of ribbon bar.) |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Sado Thiri Thudhamma |
| Next (lower) | Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha |
 .png.webp) Front and Back Insignia of the Order of Thudhamma Thingaha (The ribbons’ color and design of all three grades are same and just different in gold’s weight and gems’ size.) | |
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]
References
- ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့များ၊ ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်တံဆိပ်များဆိုင်ရာပြဋ္ဌာန်းချက်
- လွတ်လပ်ရေးခေတ်က လွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့မှာ ပေးတဲ့ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ် သင်္ဂဟ၊ ဘီဘီစီ
- "မဟာသီရိသုဓမ္မ ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်".
- Aung San Suu Kyi (29 April 2012). "Letter from Burma: Flowers in her hair". The Mainichi. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- "U Ne Win". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- Zöllner, Hans-Bernd (2008). "Material on Two Political Dictionaries" (PDF). Working Paper No. 10:13. Universität Passau. ISSN 1435-5310. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14.
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