Monghsu - Wikipedia
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This article is about the former Shan princely state. For the town, see Mong Hsu. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Hsu Township.
| Monghsu (Mönghsu) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Shan States in personal union with Mongsang | ||||||||
| 1857–1959 | ||||||||
 Möng Hsu State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||
• 1901 | 425 km2 (164 sq mi) | |||||||
| Population | ||||||||
• 1901 | 17,480 | |||||||
| History | ||||||||
• State founded | 1857 | |||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | |||||||
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Monghsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. The main river in the area was the Nam Pang.[1]
Monghsu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Mongsang. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The residence of the Myoza was at Mong Hsu.[2]
The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of Myoza, "duke" or chief of town.[3]
- 1857 - 1879 Hkun Mon
- 1879 - 1901 Hkun Maha
- 1901 - 1917 Hkun Kyaw (b. 1845 - d. 1917)
- 1917 - 19.. Hkun Sao (Hkun Saw) (b. 1845 - d. 19..)
- ^ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
- ^ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 7 July 2014.
