Kenglon (also spelt Kenglön), also known as Kyainglun ( my, ကျိုင်းလွန်း) was a small Shan state in what is today

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History

Kenglon used to be a part of North Hsenwi. It became independent from the state of

Hsenwi Theinni or Hsenwi ( shn, ; my, သိန္နီ, ; th, แสนหวี, , ) is a town in northern Shan State of Burma, situated near the north bank of the Nam Tu River and now the centre of Hsenwi Township in Lashio District. It is nor ...

in 1857. It was a tributary of

until 1887, when the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

fell to the United Kingdom and the

Shan states The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was fi ...

submitted to British rule. In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title Myoza. *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..)

References

Shan States 1857 establishments in Asia {{ShanState-geo-stub

History

Rulers

See also

References