Pangtara () was a
Shan state in what is today the
Pindaya Township of
Burma
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
. It belonged to the
Myelat Division of the Southern
Shan States
The Shan States were a collection of minor Shan people, Shan kingdoms called ''mueang, möng'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' (''sawbwa''). In British rule in Burma, British Burma, they were analogous to the princely states of Britis ...
.
References
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External links
"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Shan States
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