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Karenni States, the Glossary

The Karenni States, also known as Red Karen States, was the name formerly given to the states inhabited mainly by the Red Karen, in the area of present-day Kayah State, eastern Burma.^[1]

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18th century in Burma
18th-century establishments in Asia
1959 disestablishments in Asia
19th century in Burma
20th century in Myanmar
Former countries in Burmese history
Karen history
Kayah State
Military history of Burma during World War II
Military history of Thailand during World War II
States and territories disestablished in 1959
States and territories established in the 18th century

Agencies of British India

An agency of British India was an internally autonomous or semi-autonomous unit of British India whose external affairs were governed by an agent designated by the Viceroy of India.

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Annexation

Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.

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Axis powers

The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies.

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Bawlakhe

Bawlakhe (ဘော်လခဲမြို့) is a town in the Kayah State of eastern part of Burma.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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British protectorates were protectorates—or client states—under protection of the British Empire's armed forces and represented by British diplomats in international arenas, such as the Great Game, in which the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Tibetan Kingdom became protected states for short periods of time.

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British rule in Burma

The British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence. Karenni States and British rule in Burma are 19th century in Burma, 20th century in Myanmar and former countries in Burmese history.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Ethnic cleansing

Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous.

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Federated Shan States

The Federated Shan States (Shan: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ်ႊၸိုင်ႈတႆး Muang Hom Tum Jueng Tai; ရှမ်းပြည်ထောင်စု) was an administrative division of the British Empire made up by the much larger Shan States and the Karenni States during British rule in Burma. Karenni States and Federated Shan States are Kayah State.

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Forced labour

Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of extreme hardship to either themselves or members of their families.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.

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Kandarawadi

Kantarawadi (ကန္ဒရဝတီ; กันตรวดี), also known as Gantarawadi, was one of the Karenni States in what is today Kayah State in Burma. Karenni States and Kandarawadi are 19th century in Burma, Karen history, Kayah State, states and territories disestablished in 1959 and states and territories established in the 18th century.

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Karen people

The Karen, also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Tibeto-Burman language-speaking people.

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Karenni people

The Karenni (ကရင်နီ), also known as the Kayah (ကယားလူမျိုး) or Kayah Li (Karenni), are a Karen people native to the Kayah State of Myanmar (Burma).

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Kayah State

Kayah State (ကယားပြည်နယ်), or Karenni State, is a state of Myanmar.

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Kayin State

Kayin State (ကရင်ပြည်နယ်,; italics; ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်), formerly known as Karen State, is a state of Myanmar.

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Kengtung State

Kengtung (ကျိုင်းတုံ; ၵဵင်းတုင် Chiang Tung), known as Menggen Prefecture (孟艮府) or Möng Khün Chiefdom or Mueng Khuen Fu (Tai Khün: ᨾᩮ᩠ᨦᩨᨡ᩠ᨶᩨ) from 1405 to 1895, was a Shan state in what is today Burma. Karenni States and Kengtung State are military history of Burma during World War II, military history of Thailand during World War II and states and territories disestablished in 1959.

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Konbaung dynasty

The Konbaung dynasty (ကုန်းဘောင်မင်းဆက်), also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885. Karenni States and Konbaung dynasty are 18th century in Burma, 19th century in Burma and former countries in Burmese history.

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List of Burmese monarchs

This is a list of the monarchs of Burma (Myanmar), covering the monarchs of all the major kingdoms that existed in the present day Burma (Myanmar).

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Loikaw

Loikaw is the capital of Kayah State, also known as Karenni State, in Myanmar.

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Mae La refugee camp

Mae La, alternatively spelled Maela (แม่หละ), or Beh klaw (မဲၣ်လးဒဲကဝီၤ, ဘဲကျီး), is a refugee camp in Thailand.

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Mawchi

Mawchi is a region in the Bawlake district of the Kayah State (formerly called Karenni State) of Myanmar.

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Mindon Min

Mindon Min (မင်းတုန်းမင်း,; 1808 – 1878), born Maung Lwin, was the penultimate king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878.

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Mong Pan

Mong Pan (ဝဵင်းမိူင်းပၼ်ႇ) is a town and seat of Mong Pan Township in the southern Shan State of Burma.

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Mongpai

Mongpai, also known as Mobye (မိုးဗြဲ), was a Shan state in what is today Burma.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar–Thailand border

The Myanmar–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand.

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Phayap Army

Phayap Army (กองทัพพายัพ RTGS: Thap Phayap or Payap, northwest) was the hastily combined forces between the Royal Thai Army (RTA) and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) that invaded the Siamese Shan States (present day Shan State, Myanmar) of Burma on 10 May 1942 during the Burma Campaign of World War II. Karenni States and Phayap Army are military history of Thailand during World War II.

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Plaek Phibunsongkhram

Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (แปลก พิบูลสงคราม; alternatively transcribed as Pibulsongkram or Pibulsonggram; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. (จอมพล ป.), and contemporarily known as Phibun (Pibul) in the West, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. Karenni States and Plaek Phibunsongkhram are military history of Thailand during World War II.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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Róbert Cey-Bert

Róbert Gyula Cey-Bert (born July 5, 1938) is a Hungarian writer, psychosociologist, and food historian.

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Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations.

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Saharat Thai Doem

Saharat Thai Doem (lit) was an administrative division of Thailand. Karenni States and Saharat Thai Doem are military history of Burma during World War II and military history of Thailand during World War II.

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Salween River

The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about long, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. The Salween flows primarily within southwest China and eastern Myanmar (Burma), with a short section forming the border of Burma and Thailand. Throughout most of its course, it runs swiftly through rugged mountain canyons.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is any harmful or unwanted sexual act—or attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion—or an act directed against a person's sexuality without their consent, by any individual regardless of their relationship to the victim.

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Shan people

The Shan people (တႆး,; ရှမ်းလူမျိုး), also known as the Tai Long or Tai Yai, are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia.

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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. Karenni States and Shan States are 1959 disestablishments in Asia, former countries in Burmese history and states and territories disestablished in 1959.

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Taunggyi

Taunggyi (Pa'o:;Shan) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of, just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region.

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Tungsten

Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.

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Union of Burma (1948–1962)

The first fourteen years of independent Burma (Myanmar) were marred by several communist and ethnic insurgencies. Karenni States and Union of Burma (1948–1962) are 20th century in Myanmar.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, or simply UNPO is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide.

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Wa States

The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking an Austroasiatic language.

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Western Karenni

Western Karenni was the collective name for the four Karenni States located west of the Salween River: Bawlake, Nammekon, Naungpale, and Kyebogyi. Karenni States and Western Karenni are 19th century in Burma, Karen history, Kayah State and states and territories disestablished in 1959.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karenni_States

Karenni States, the Glossary

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See also

18th century in Burma

18th-century establishments in Asia

1959 disestablishments in Asia

19th century in Burma

20th century in Myanmar

Former countries in Burmese history

Karen history

Kayah State

Military history of Burma during World War II

Military history of Thailand during World War II

States and territories disestablished in 1959

States and territories established in the 18th century

References