Mongsang
Mongsang (also known as Maingsin) was a Shan state in what is today Burma.[1]
| Mongsang (Möngsang) | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States in personal union with Monghsu | |||||||||
| 1857–1959 | |||||||||
 Möng Sang State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,650 km2 (1,020 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 30482 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1857 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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History
Mongsang became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Monghsu. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.[2]
Myozas
- 1857 - 1879 Hkun Mon
- 1879 - 1901 Hkun Maha
- 1901 - 1917 Hkun Kyaw (b. 1845 - d. 1917)
- 1917 - 19.. Hkun Sao (Hkun Saw) (b. 1845 - d. 19..)
References
- "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
- Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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