Mongnai State

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Mongnai (Mone)
State of the Shan States
bf. 1800–1959
Location of Mongnai State
Möng Nai State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Capital Mong Nai
History
 •  State founded bf. 1800
 •  Abdication of the last Saopha 1959
Area
 •  1901 5,129 km2 (1,980 sq mi)
Population
 •  1901 44,252 
Density 8.6 /km2  (22.3 /sq mi)
The Gate at Mongnai in a picture by Sir James George Scott.

Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone or Monè,[1] 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.[2]

History

Möngnai state was founded before 1800. According to tradition a predecessor state named Saturambha had existed previously in the area.[3]

Mongnai included the substates of Kengtawng and Kenghkam. 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.[4]

  • 1852 - 1875 Hkun Nu Nom
  • 1875 - 1882 Hkun Kyi (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1914)
  • 1882 - 1888 Twet Nga Lu (usurper) (d. 1888)
  • 1888 - 1914 Hkun Kyi (2nd time) (s.a.)
  • 6 May 1914 - 1928 Hkun Kyaw Sam
  • 1928 - 1949 Hkun Kyaw Ho (b. .... - d. 1949)
  • 1949 - 1958 Sao Pye

References

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  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 405.
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