Kenglon (also spelt Kenglön), also known as Kyainglun ( my, ကျိုင်းလွန်း) was a small Shan state in what is today

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 explai ...

.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 200.
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History

Kenglon used to be a part of

North Hsenwi North Hsenwi was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma. The capital was Lashio town which was also the headquarters of the superintendent of the Northern Shan State. North Hsenwi, with an area of 6330 m², had a populatio ...

. It became independent from the state of

Hsenwi Theinni or Hsenwi ( shn, ; my, သိန္နီ, ; th, แสนหวี, , ) is a town in northern Shan State of Burma, situated near the north bank of the Nam Tu River and now the centre of Hsenwi Township in Lashio District. It is nort ...

in 1857. It was a tributary of

until 1887, when the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

fell to the United Kingdom and the

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 firs ...

submitted to British rule. In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into

Kehsi Mansam Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Kehsi town, located by the Nam Heng River. The state includ ...

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title

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, ...

. *1857 - 1873 Maung Pwin (Hkun Pwin) (d. 1873) *1873 - 1874 Naw Hkam U *1874 - 1885 Hkun Tawa *1885 - 1888 Hkun Tawn (b. c.1842 - d. ....) *1888 - c.1926 Hkun Mong (b. 1844 - d. 19..)

References

Shan States 1857 establishments in Asia {{ShanState-geo-stub

History

Rulers

See also

References