Kyawkku (also known as Kyawkku Hsiwan or Kyakku) was a Shan state in the Myelat region of what is today Burma. Its capital was the village of Kyawkku (Myinkyado) which had 344 inhabitants in 1901.
| Kyawkku Hsiwan | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| c. 1600–1922 | |||||||||
 Kyawkku State in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 243 km2 (94 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 4,771 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Kyawkku Hsiwan state founded | c. 1600 | ||||||||
• Merged with Poila State | 1922 | ||||||||
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History edit
Kyawkku was founded around 1600 CE. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The state was merged with Poila in 1922.[1]
Rulers edit
The title of Kyawkku's rulers was Ngwegunhmu.[2]
- .... - .... Nga San Bon
- .... - .... Nga San Mya
- .... - 1783 Nga San Ma
- 1783 - 1820 Nga Kaw Tha
- 1820 - 1821 Nga Thi Ri
- 1821 - 1843 Nga Chit Win
- 1844 - 1852 Nga Shwe Maung I (1st time)
- 1852 - 1856 Nga Shwe Yit -Regent
- 1856 - 1863 Nga Shwe Maung I (2nd time)
- 1863 - 1865 Nga Yan Kon -Regent
- 1865 - 1873 Nga San
- 1873 - 1874 Nga Shwe Maung II -Regent
- 1874 - 1876 Nga Tha U -Regent
- 1876 - 1877 Nga Tun -Regent
- 1877 - 1881 Nga Pai Su (Nga Pyan)
- 1881 - 1922? Nga Thaing (b. 1873 - d. 1922?)
References edit
- ^ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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