Mongnai State

Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē,[1] was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States.[1] Its capital was Mongnai town.[2]

This article is about one of the former Shan States. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Nai Township. For the town, see Mong Nai.
Mongnai
State of the Shan States
bf. 1800–1959

Möng Nai State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
CapitalMong Nai
Area 
• 1901
5,129 km2 (1,980 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
44252
History
History 
• State founded
bf. 1800
• Abdication of the last Saopha
1959
Succeeded by
Shan State
The Gate at Mongnai in a picture by Sir James George Scott.

History

Möngnai state was founded before 1800. According to tradition a predecessor state named Saturambha had existed previously in the area.[3]

Mongnai included the substates of Kengtawng[1] and Kenghkam. The latter was annexed in 1882.

Rulers (title Myoza)
  • c.1802 – 1848: Maung Shwe Paw
  • 1848 – 1850: Maung Yit
  • 1850 – 1851: U Po Ka
  • 1852: U Shwe Kyu

Rulers (title Saopha)

Ritual style Kambawsa Rahta Mahawunthiri Pawara Thudamaraza.[4]

  • 1852 – 1875: Hkun Nu Nom
  • 1875 – 1882: Hkun Kyi (1st time) (1847–1914)
  • 1882 – 1888: Twet Nga Lu (usurper) (d. 1888)
  • 1888 – 1914: Hkun Kyi (2nd time) (s.a.)
  • 1914 – 1928: Hkun Kyaw Sam
  • 1928 – 1949: Hkun Kyaw Ho (d. 1949)
  • 1949 – 1958: Sao Pye

References
  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mōng Nai" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 710.
  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 405.
  3. Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  4. "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

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