Singkaling Hkamti (; ; also known as Zingalein Kamti and Zingkaling Hkamti) was a Shan state in what is today

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 was an outlying territory, away from the main

Shan State Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...

area. The state was located on both sides of the

Chindwin River The Chindwin River (), also known as the Ningthi River (), is a river in Myanmar and is the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy River. Sources The Chindwin originates in the broad Hukawng Valley of Kachin State of Burma, roughly , where the Tanai, ...

, in what is present-day

Hkamti District Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes formerly Naga Hills District) is a district in northern Sagaing Region of Myanmar (Burma). Its administrative center is the town of Hkamti. Townships The District only contains one township - Hkamt ...

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...

. Its capital was the town of Singkaling Hkamti.

History

Singkaling Hkamti was founded in 1820. It was a tributary state of the

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until 1887, when the

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 ...

submitted to

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after the fall of the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty (), also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in history of Mya ...

. Its inhabitants were mostly

Shan people The Shan people (, , or , ), also known as the Tai Long (တႆးလူင်, ) or Tai Yai, are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan are the biggest minority of Burma (Myanmar) and primarily live in the Shan State, but also inhabi ...

who were said to have come from

Hkamti Long Hkamti, Khampti or Khamti may refer to: * Khamti people, a sub-group of the Shan people * Khamti language, a Tai language of Burma and India * Hkamti District, a district in Sagaing Division of Burma ** Hkamti Township, a township in Hkamti Distr ...

. Before the time of rule by the British the state was often raided by the

Kachin people The Kachin peoples (, ; , ) are a collection of diverse ethnolinguistic groups inhabiting the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State, as well as Yunnan Province in China, and the northeastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and As ...

. The state was integrated into

after independence from the British in 1948.

Rulers

The rulers of Singkaling Hkamti bore the title '' Myosa''.Shan and Karenni States of Burma
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Myosas

*1820 - 1844 Sao Nyi Kaung *1844 - 1853 Sao Ai *1853 - 1882 Sao Hi *1882 - 1887 Vacant *1887 - 1892 Sao Ni Taung (b. 1861 - d. 1892) *1892 - 1893 Sao E -Regent (1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1927) *1892 - 1894 Sao Hon (b. 1887 - d. 1894) *1894 - 1898 Ma Pu (f) (d. c.1898) *1894 - 1898 Sao E -Regent (2nd time) (s.a.) *1898 - 1927 Sao E (s.a.) *1927 - 1952 Maung Ba Thein

References

External links

The Imperial Gazetteer of India"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
Shan States {{Hkamti-geo-stub