Fort White (Zomi: Thangmual) was a small military station built by the British Army under Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., Commander-in-Chief of Upper Burma during their third expeditions in the annexation of the Chin Hills in 1889.
It was named after Field Marshal Sir George White, a British Army officer known for his campaigns in South Asia.
It was garrisoned and a post and telegraph office was established there on 13 January, 1889, to be linked with their rearward, Kalemyo of Sagaing Division, and other parts of the country down to Rangoon.
Later on, it was occupied by a detachment of the Allied Force until just before the Japanese army stormed the fort of White and it was razed to the ground in the war.
It has a temperate climate but the temperature usually drops below freezing point in the months from November to February every year.