Shwegyin Nikaya was founded in the mid-19th century by a chief abbot monk in the village of Shwegyin.
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In the 1960s, with the ascent of Ne Win to power, the Shwegyin Nikaya gained monastic influence in the country, as Ne Win sought counsel from a monk at the Mahagandayon Monastery, a Shwegyin monastery in Amarapura.