Tawngpeng (''Loi Lung'' in Shan) was a
Shan state in what is today
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. It belonged to the Northern
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.
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The capital was
Namhsan (Om-yar).
History
The predecessor state was named Pappatasara. Not much is known about the history of the state before the 19th century, all that is available are legends.
Tawngpeng state was founded in 1753; it was the only
Palaung kingdom in the former
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 ...
, the ruling family belonging to this ethnic group as well, although adopting the paraphernalia and the style of ethnic Shan rulers. The people of the area are predominantly of the Ka-tur (Samlong) tribe. The main industry of this mostly hilly state was
tea production. Before
British rule in Burma two successive saophas were executed and a further one was murdered.
Rulers
The rulers of Tawngpeng State bore the title ''
Saopha''.
Shan and Karenni States of Burma
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Saophas
*1753 - 1760 Ta Dwe Ba (b. 1681 - d. 1760)
*1760 - 1764 Ba Hkun Mya (b. 1690 - d. 1764)
*1764 - 1775 Ba Hkun Saing (b. 1700 - d. 1775)
*1775 - 1781 Ba Dwe Taw (b. 1701 - d. 1781)
*1781 Ba Loi Lio (b. 1745 - d. 1810)
*1781 - 1819 Ba Hkun Kein Möng (d. 1819)
*1819 - 1837 Ba Hkun Hso (b. 1748 - d. 1837)
*1837 - 1846 Ba Hkun Tan Möng (b. 1770 - d. 1846)
*1847 - 4 Sep 1858 Shwe Ok Hka (Shwe Taung Kyaw)
*1858 - 1861 Hkun Hsa (Ba Hkam Hkun Shinye) (b. 1774 - d. 1865)
*1861 Hkun Gya (d. 1861)
*1861 - 1865 Hkun Aung Hla (d. 1865)
*1865 - 1880 Hkam Kwan
*1880 - 1887 Hkun Hkam Möng (Hkam Mon) (b. 1821 - d. 1887)
*1888 - 1895 Hkam Tan Möng (Hkun Kyan) (d. 1895)
*1895 - 1926 Hkun Hsan Gawn (b. 1871 - d. 1926)
*Aug 1926 - 1952 Hkun Pan Sing (b. 1894 - d. 1975)
References
External links
"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
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Shan States
Palaung people
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