Ngahtaung-ser Kadaw

Ngahtaung-ser Kadaw (ငါးထောင်စားကတော်) is the historical position of a wife to a senior member of the Governor's Executive Council, known as the Royal Chancellor (အမတ်ချုပ်) of British Burma.

[1] In the 1920s, thee British set the diarchy system on Burma and created the position of Royal Chancellor.

The British government also pays salary 5,000 kyat a month to the spouse of the Chancellor.

The spouse of the Royal Chancellor was known as the Ngahtaung-ser Kadaw.

They are also the top Burmese women in the colonial era, along with the wives of the high-ranking British officials.