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Kenghkam
Kenghkam or Keng Hkam (also known as Kyaingkan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. The capital was the town of Keng Hkam, located by the Nam Pang River. History Kenghkam was initially a tributary of the Konbaung dynasty. It was founded in 1811 and was located north of the sub-state of Kengtawng. The state was occupied by Mongnai State from 1870 to 1874 and again from 1878 to 1882, when it was annexed directly. Rulers The rulers of the state bore the title Myoza. *1811 - 1854 Bodaw Sao Hkam Yi *1855 - 1864 Sao Hkun Mwe *1864 - 1870 Naw Hkam Leng *1870 - 1870 incorporated into Möngnai *1874 - 1878 Sao Hkun Long *1878 - 1882 incorporated into Möngnai *1882 - c.1889 Sao Naw Süng *c.1889 - 1905 Hkun Un (b. 18.. - d. 1905) *1905 - 19.. Hkun Nawng Hkam (b. 1891 - d. 19..) *1905 - 1914? Sao N ...
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Tip Htila
Sao Nang Tip Htila ( my, စဝ်နန်းတစ်ထီလာ; 1871 — ?) was a Saopha of Kenghkam State. She was the only female Saopha in Burmese history. She married Hkun Un, Saopha of Kenghkam and became the Mahadevi of Kenghkam. After her husband's death, she became the Saopha in lieu of her adolescent son and became one of the most powerful women in Kenghkam, controlling the State economically and politically. A powerful figure in her own right, she was renowned for her cunning and charisma and admired by her countrymen and the British. Life Tip Htila was born in 1871 as the only daughter of Sao Kawng Tai II, Saopha of Kengtung. She had two siblings, an elder brother (Sao Kawn Kham Hpu), and younger brother (Kawng Kiao Intaleng). She was energetic in her youth, which sometimes got her into trouble with her father. In 1887, at 16, her father died and her brother became the 52nd Saopha. She was a skilled horseman and was passionate about fighting. She accompanied the ...
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Keng Hkam
Keng Hkam is a village in Mong Kung Township in the Shan State of Burma. It is located by the Nam Pang River. Keng Hkam will be one of the communities impacted by the Tasang Dam project. History Prior to the end of World War II, the town of Keng Hkam was the capital of Kenghkam Kenghkam or Keng Hkam (also known as Kyaingkan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. The capital was the town of Keng Hkam, located by the Nam Pang River. History Kenghkam was initially a tributary of the Konbaung dynasty. It was founded in ... State. References {{Shan State Populated places in Shan State ...
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Mongnai State
Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, 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. History Möngnai state was founded before 1800. According to tradition a predecessor state named Saturambha had existed previously in the area. Mongnai included the substates of Kengtawng and Kenghkam Kenghkam or Keng Hkam (also known as Kyaingkan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. The capital was the town of Keng Hkam, located by the Nam Pang River. History Kenghkam was initially a tributary of the Konbaung dynasty. It was founded in .... 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''. Saophas: * 1312–1339: Khun Khrua * 1567–1568: Hso Hpoek Hpa * 1568–1585: Sao Piam Hpa * 158 ...
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Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was first used during the British rule in Burma as a geopolitical designation for certain areas of Burma (officially, the Federated Shan States, which included the Karenni States, consisted of today's Shan State and Kayah State). In some cases, the Siamese Shan States was used to refer to Lan Na (northern Thailand) and Chinese Shan States to the Shan regions in southern Yunnan such as Xishuangbanna. Historical mention of the Shan states inside the present-day boundaries of Burma began during the period of the Pagan Dynasty; the first major Shan State of that era was founded in 1215 at Mogaung, followed by Mone in 1223. These were part of the larger Tai migration that founded the Ahom Kingdom in 1229 and the Sukhothai Kingdom in 1253. Shan po ...
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Imperial Gazetteer Of India
''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Volumes
''dutchinkerala.com''. Retrieved 29 August 2021. The 1908, 1909 and 1931 "New Editions" have four encyclopedic volumes covering the geography, history, economics, and administration of India; 20 volumes of the alphabetically arranged gazetteer, listing places' names and providing statistics and summary information; and one volume each comprising the index and atlas. The New Editions were all published by the

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Shan People
The Shan people ( shn, တႆး; , my, ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ), also known as the Tai Long, or Tai Yai are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan are the biggest minority of Burma (Myanmar) and primarily live in the Shan State of this country, but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China ( Dai people), Laos, Assam (Ahom people) and Thailand. Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number 4–6 million, with CIA Factbook giving an estimate of five million spread throughout Myanmar which is about 10% of the overall Burmese population. 'Shan' is a generic term for all Tai-speaking peoples within Myanmar (Burma). The capital of Shan State is Taunggyi, the fifth-largest city in Myanmar with about 390,000 people. Other major cities include Thibaw (Hsipaw), Lashio, Kengtung and Tachileik. Etymology The Shan use the endonym Tai (တႆး) in r ...
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Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: mjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as ɑːror of Burma as ɜːrməby some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by all ...
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Nam Pang River
The Nam Pang River, also known as Pang River, is a major river of Shan State, eastern Burma. It is the largest tributary of the Salween River. Course Its source is in the hills northeast of Pangkyehtu and it flows by the town of Kunhing. The Nam Pang joins the Salween from the right at the village of Na-hkilek Nā-hki-lek or Na-hkilek is a river village on the Salween River in Shan State of eastern Burma. It lies on the confluence of the Salween and the Nam Pang River. A few miles north beyond the junction is said to be "a strange whirlpool, at the pl ... at at an elevation of . A few miles beyond the confluence is said to be "a strange whirlpool, at the place the river is in a gorge between limestone cliffs, which fall smooth and precipitous to the water's edge." References External linksThe Salween River Rivers of Myanmar Geography of Shan State Salween River {{Myanmar-river-stub ...
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Konbaung Dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘုရားမင်းဆက်, Alaungphra dynasty) and the Hunter dynasty (မုဆိုးမင်းဆက် Mokso dynasty / မုဆိုးဘိုမင်းဆက် Moksobo dynasty), was the last dynasty that ruled Myanmar, Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in history of Myanmar, Burmese history and continued the administrative reforms begun by the Toungoo dynasty, laying the foundations of the modern state of Burma. The reforms, however, proved insufficient to stem the advance of the British Empire, British, who defeated the Burmese in all three Anglo-Burmese Wars over a six-decade span (1824–1885) and ended the millennium-old Burmese monarchy in 1885. An expansionist dynasty, the K ...
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Kengtawng
Keng Tawng ( Shan: ; my, ကျိုင်းတောင်းမြို့; also spelled Kyaingtaung) is a river town in Mong Nai Township in the Shan State of Burma. The area of the town is watered by the Nam Teng River. History Prior to the end of World War II, Kengtawng state was one of the substates of Mongnai State, in the Southern Shan States. Keng Tawng was the town of Khun Sam Law, the hero of an ancient legend of the Shan people. It was also the birthplace of notorious usurper A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as ... and warmonger Twet Nga Lu. There is a hydroelectric project in the area of the town. Places like the iconic Kengtawng Falls are threatened by the project. References {{Shan State Populated places in Shan State ...
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Myoza
Myoza or Myosa ( my, မြို့စား}) is a high-ranking royal title and position for Burmese royalty and nobility. History The monarch had all the power to control everything in the kingdom. Below the monarch rank, minor queens, princes, princess, relatives of the royal family, nobles, ministers, and court officials had to own the major towns that represented a certain region. Since the Pagan era of the 11th century, each and every single member of the royal family received the title of ''Myosa'' (also ''Myoza''), literally means "chief of town or territory", which is nearly equivalent to the title of Duke. All royals were given the honor of possessing at least one territory by the King. They were all mostly known by their possessions. For instance, Burma's last king, King Thibaw was called by his possession, when he was a prince, of a town called Thibaw (Hsipaw in Shan State). Depending on their rank, royals and nobles were required to own towns. The younger children of ...
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