Kyawkku State

Kyawkku Hsiwan
State of the Shan States
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c. 1600–1922 →
Kyawkku State in a map of the Shan States
History
 • Kyawkku Hsiwan state founded c. 1600
 • Merged with Poila State 1922
Area
 • 1901 Census of India 243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 Census of India 4,771 
Density 19.6 /km2  (50.9 /sq mi)

Kyawkku (also known as Kyawkku Hsiwan or Kyakku) was a Shan state in the Myelat region of what is today Burma. 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 submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The state was merged with Poila in 1922.[1]

Rulers

The title of Kyawkku's rulers was Ngwegunhmu.[2]

  • .... - .... 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

  1. ↑ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 14 May 2016.

Coordinates: 21°48′N 96°55′E / 21.800°N 96.917°E / 21.800; 96.917


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