Mogaung ( my, မိုးကောင်း ; ( Shan: မိူင်းၵွင်း) is a town in Kachin State,

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. It is situated on the

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History

Mogaung or Möngkawng was the name and capital (royal seat) of a relatively major one of the petty Shan (ethnic Tai) principalities. It was ruled by a ''

saopha Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...

'' (Burmese: ''sawbwa''; Shan-prince of the highest rank), since that state was founded (according to legend in 58BC, under the ritual name Udiri Pale), interrupted by Chinese imperial occupations in 1479–1483 and 1495 and Burmese occupations in 1651–1742 and 1771–1775 until its annexation in 1796 by the Ava-based kingdom of Burma. In June 1944 during

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the then heavily-defended town was the site of a three-week battle when the 77th

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Brigade under Brigadier Michael Calvert, later assisted by Chinese forces of Generalissimo

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, fought-for and captured Mogaung from the occupying forces of

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. For their behaviour during the fighting two members of the 3rd/6th Gurkha Rifles, Captain Michael Allmand, and Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun, were each subsequently awarded the

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, in Allmand's case, posthumously. At the time of the battle Calvert's Chindit force had been behind enemy lines for three months as part of Operation Thursday.

Sources

WorldStatesMen – Burma/Myanmar – Shan&Karen states
(which lists the last rulers)

External links

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
"Mogaung Map — Satellite Images of Mogaung"
Maplandia.com Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Kachin State {{Kachin-geo-stub

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