Mongnai State
This article is about one of the former Shan States. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Nai Township. For the town, see Mong Nai.
| Mongnai (Mone) | |||||
| State of the Shan States | |||||
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| Capital | Mong Nai | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | State founded | bf. 1800 | |||
| • | Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 5,129 km2 (1,980 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 44,252 | |||
| Density | 8.6 /km2 (22.3 /sq mi) | ||||
The Gate at Mongnai in a picture by Sir James George Scott.
Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone or Monè,[1] was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mongnai town.[2]
History
Möngnai state was founded before 1800. According to tradition a predecessor state named Saturambha had existed previously in the area.[3]
Mongnai included the substates of Kengtawng and Kenghkam. The latter was annexed in 1882.
Rulers (title Myoza)
- c.1802 - 1848 Maung Shwe Paw
- 1848 - 1850 Maung Yit
- 1850 - 1851 U Po Ka
- 1852 U Shwe Kyu
Rulers (title Saopha)
Ritual style Kambawsa Rahta Mahawunthiri Pawara Thudamaraza.[4]
- 1852 - 1875 Hkun Nu Nom
- 1875 - 1882 Hkun Kyi (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1914)
- 1882 - 1888 Twet Nga Lu (usurper) (d. 1888)
- 1888 - 1914 Hkun Kyi (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 6 May 1914 - 1928 Hkun Kyaw Sam
- 1928 - 1949 Hkun Kyaw Ho (b. .... - d. 1949)
- 1949 - 1958 Sao Pye
References
- ↑
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. - ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 405.
- ↑ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
External links
Coordinates: 20°31′N 97°52′E / 20.517°N 97.867°E
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