Kenglon Explained

Conventional Long Name:	Kenglon State
Common Name:	Kenglon
Nation:	the Shan States
Subdivision:	State
Year Start:	1857
Event Start:	Independent from Hsenwi
Year End:	1926
Event End:	Merged into Kehsi Mansam
P1:	North Hsenwi
S1:	Kehsi Mansam
Image Map Caption:	Kenglon State in a map of the Shan States
Capital:	Keng Lon
Stat Area1:	111.3
Stat Year1:	1901
Stat Pop1:	4259

Kenglon (also spelt Kenglön), also known as Kyainglun (Burmese: ကျိုင်းလွန်း) was a small Shan state in what is today Burma.^[1]

History

Kenglon used to be a part of North Hsenwi. It became independent from the state of Hsenwi in 1857. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Konbaung dynasty fell to the United Kingdom and the Shan states submitted to British rule.

In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.^[2]

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title Myoza.^[3]

• 1857 - 1873 Maung Pwin (Hkun Pwin) (d. 1873)
• 1873 - 1874 Naw Hkam U
• 1874 - 1885 Hkun Tawa
• 1885 - 1888 Hkun Tawn (b. c.1842 - d. ....)
• 1888 - c.1926 Hkun Mong (b. 1844 - d. 19..)

See also

• Hsenwi

References

21.95°N 98.1333°W

Notes and References

1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_206.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 200.
2. Web site: WHKMLA : History of the Shan States. 18 May 2010. 21 December 2010.
3. Web site: World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma. Ben Cahoon. 2000. 21 December 2010.