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Name: Mongpan (Princely State)

Type: Polity

Start: 1886 AD

End: 1948 AD

Nation: mongpan

Parent: great britain

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After the pacification of modern-day eastern Burma, the British created the Federated Shan States, giving all the former Burmese vassals the status of Princely State.

Establishment


  • 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.
  • 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.


    2. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    2.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)

    Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.

  • August 1943: Japan handed over part of the Shan States of occupied British Burma to Thailand, which annexed the territories to the newly formed province of Saharat Thai Doem. With this acquisition, Thailand also gained a direct border with China.

  • 2.1.1.Japanese Surrender (World War II)

    Were the evacuation of the Japanese forces from occupied territories after the formal surrender of the Empire of Japan.

  • August 1945: The Thai army evacuated Saharat Thai Doem (territories of British Burma it had received from Japan in 1943) in August 1945.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • 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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