Kenglon

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Kenglon State
State of the Shan States

1857–1926
Location of Kenglon
Kenglon State in a map of the Shan States
Capital Keng Lon
History
 •  Independent from Hsenwi 1857
 •  Merged into Kehsi Mansam 1926
Area
 •  1901 111.3 km2 (43 sq mi)
Population
 •  1901 4,259 
Density 38.3 /km2  (99.1 /sq mi)

Kenglon (also known as Kenglön and Kyainglon) was a small Shan state in what is today Burma.[1]

History

Kenglon used to be a part of North Hsenwi. It became independent from the state of Hsenwi in 1857. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Konbaung dynasty fell to the United Kingdom and the Shan states submitted to British rule.

In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.[2]

Rulers

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

  • 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..)

See also

References

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