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Name: samka

Type: Cluster

Start: 1637 AD

End: 1948 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Samka (Burma)
  • Samka (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 1637: In 1636, the Samka state was founded in Burma by King Thalun. The state was established as a vassal state of the Taungoo Empire, with its capital located in Samka (modern-day Thayet).
  • Chronology


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    1. Anglo-Indian Wars


    Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

    1.1.Anglo-Burmese Wars

    Were a series of wars between the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. After the third and last war, Burma was annexed to British India.

    1.1.1.Third Anglo-Burmese War

    Was the last of a series of wars between the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Burma was annexed to British India.

  • January 1886: The Shan States and Karenni States became princely states of the British Empire after the defeat of Burma in the Anglo-Burmese Wars.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1801: The Karenni States were states inhabited mainly by the Red Karen, in the area of present-day Kayah State, eastern Burma. There are no historical data on the Karenni States before theĀ 19th century.

  • January 1948: When Burma gained independence in 1948, the Shan States became part of the Union of Burma.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1948: When Burma gained independence in 1948, the Shan States became part of the Union of Burma.
  • Selected Sources


  • Ricklefs, M.C. / Lockhart, B. / Lau. A. / Reyes,P. / Aung-Thwin, M. (2010). A New History of Southeast Asia, London (UK), p. 326
  • Yawnghwe, C.T. (2010): The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 68-76
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