Maung Khin was known as a good, clean administrator, widely respected by the public.
[2] Maung Khin was born to Kya Hnaing and Po Kyaw in Rangoon (Yangon) in 1872, twenty years after the British had captured Lower Burma.
After passing the law exam at Middle Temple in 1898, he returned to Yangon and worked as a barrister.
In 1921, Maung Khin became first Burmese judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma.
In 1923, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, and became the first Burmese man to receive the title "Sir".