Maha Tharay Sithu

{{Short description|Honor of the Order of the Union of Burma}}

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| type = Order of Pyidaungsu Sithu

| established = 2 September 1948

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Maha Tharay Sithu ({{Langx|my|မဟာသရေစည်သူ}}) is one of the five honors of the Order of the Union of Burma and is a third class honor. On 4 January 1948, after the establishment of a sovereign and independent Union of Burma, the President of the Union Government has introduced a new system of annual awards in commemoration of Independence Day.{{cite web|title=ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့များ၊ ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်တံဆိပ်များဆိုင်ရာပြဋ္ဌာန်းချက်|url=https://www.mlis.gov.mm/mLsView.do;jsessionid=36773D0AC1B90D794F8E1781E220FD66?lawordSn=10945|publisher=www.mlis.gov.mm|accessdate=}}

Maha Thray Sithu to Chao Pha, Ministers, Ministers of the Supreme Court and Outstanding State Officials were awarded.