Kyawkku (also known as Kyawkku Hsiwan or Kyakku) was a
Shan state in the
Myelat
Myelat ( my, မြေလတ်) is a historical region of the southwestern Shan State of Myanmar. Originally this region included some of the smaller states typically ruled by "Myosas" (chief of town) or "Ngwegunhmus" (silver revenue chief), bu ...
region of 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 ...
. Its capital was the village of
Kyawkku (Myinkyado) which had 344 inhabitants in 1901.
History
Kyawkku was founded around 1600 CE. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when 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 after the fall of the
Konbaung dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
. The state was merged with
Poila in 1922.
Rulers
The title of Kyawkku's rulers was
Ngwegunhmu
The Shan State, a state of Myanmar (also known as Burma), was once made up of a large number of traditional monarchies or fiefdoms. These are collectively known as Shan States. Ranks of rulers
Three ranks of chiefs were recognized by the King of B ...
.
*.... - .... Nga San Bon
*.... - .... Nga San Mya
*.... - 1783 Nga San Ma
*1783 - 1820 Nga Kaw Tha
*1820 - 1821 Nga Thi Ri
*1821 - 1843 Nga Chit Win
*1844 - 1852 Nga Shwe Maung I (1st time)
*1852 - 1856 Nga Shwe Yit -Regent
*1856 - 1863 Nga Shwe Maung I (2nd time)
*1863 - 1865 Nga Yan Kon -Regent
*1865 - 1873 Nga San
*1873 - 1874 Nga Shwe Maung II -Regent
*1874 - 1876 Nga Tha U -Regent
*1876 - 1877 Nga Tun -Regent
*1877 - 1881 Nga Pai Su (Nga Pyan)
*1881 - 1922? Nga Thaing (b. 1873 - d. 1922?)
References
Shan States
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