Mongsang (Möngsang) | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States in personal union with Monghsu | |||||||||
1857–1959 | |||||||||
Möng Sang State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,650 km2 (1,020 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 30482 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1857 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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Mongsang (also known as Maingsin) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. [1]
Mongsang became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Monghsu. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. [2]
The rulers of Möngsang/Monghsu bore the title of Myoza . [3]
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