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Name: Kengtung (Burma)

Type: Polity

Start: 1815 AD

End: 1885 AD

Nation: kengtung

Parent: burma

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Was a Shan State and a vassal of Burma in modern-day Eastern Burma.

Establishment

  • January 1815: With the help of the Burmese the Kengtung ruling dynasty was reinstated in 1814.

    • Chronology

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    1. Conquests of Bodawpaya

    Expansion during the rule of Bodawpaya of the Konbaung Dynasty.

  • January 1816: Mongyawng was annexed by Kengtung State in 1815.

    • 2. Burmese-Siamese Wars

    Were a series of wars fought between Burma and Siam from the 16th to 19th centuries.

    2.1.Burmese-Siamese War (1849-1855)

    Was a military expeditions of the Siamese Rattanakosin Kingdom against the Tai Khün State of Kengtung, which was under Burmese suzerainty.

  • January 1853: The Siamese send two invading forces from Chiang Mai in Kengtung.
  • January 1853: After suffering heavy losses, the Burmese were able to drive the invading Siamese out.
  • January 1855: The Siamese army occupied Kengtung.
  • June 1855: Faced with harsh mountainous terrain and a lack of resources, the invading Siamese had to evacuate Burma in May 1855.

    • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1871: Kengtung was occupied by Mongnai in 1870.

    • Disestablishment

  • 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.

    • Selected Sources

  • 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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