Mongnawng State

This article is about the former Shan princely state. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Nawng Township. For the town, see Mong Nawng.
Mongnawng (Möngnawng)
State of the Shan States

1851–1959
Mongnawng State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
History
  Independence from Hsenwi State 1851
  Abdication of the last Myoza 1959
Area
  1901 4,079 km2 (1,575 sq mi)
Population
  1901 39,102 
Density 9.6 /km2  (24.8 /sq mi)

Mongnawng (also known as Möngnawng or Maingnaung) was a large Shan state in what is today Burma.

Mongnawng was bound by Kengtung State in the east. The Nam Pang, an important river, crossed the state from north to south. Its capital was Mong Nawng.[1]

History

Mongnawng became independent from Hsenwi in 1851 under the rulership of the myoza Heng Awn. It was a tributary of the Burmese Kingdom until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.[2]

Rulers

The rulers of Mongnawng bore the title of Myoza.[3]

Myozas

References

Coordinates: 21°30′N 98°20′E / 21.500°N 98.333°E / 21.500; 98.333


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