Wuntho

Wuntho
Wuntho
Outlying state of the Sagaing Division
Before 1200–2018
	; 1917 map of the Burmese Shan States when Wuntho had already been annexed to the British territories
Area
• (estimate)	6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Population
• (estimate)	150,000
History
• State founded	year-start = 1892 Event start = Katha District Before 1200
• State merged into katha District	2018
	Succeeded by
wuntho Township

Wuntho (Burmese: ဝန်းသို) or Waing Hso (Shan: ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) was a native state of Upper Burma when Burma (Myanmar), was under British control. It had an area of around 6,200 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin Rivers.^[1]

History

Wuntho state was founded before 1200. In 1885 the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region. Wuntho rebelled in 1891 but the British quelled the uprising.^[2] As a consequence a force of 1,800 British soldiers under General Sir George Wolseley occupied the town of Wuntho. In 1892 the state was formally annexed by the British and incorporated into the District of Katha. In 22,December 2018, Wuntho was incorporated into Kawlin District along with Kawlin and Pinlebu. It was classed by the Burmese as a Shan state, but was never on the same footing as the Shan states to the east.^[1]

Rulers

The rulers of Wuntho bore the title Saopha

Saophas:

568–588 Hso Than Hpa the son of Hso Tue Hpa the saopha of Hsawng Hsup
588–607 Hso Hkoe Hpa son
607–623 Hso Waap Hpa son
623–645 Hso Weeng Hpa son
645–663 Hso Peng Hpa son
663–684 Hso Karm Hpa son
684–700 Hso Kawt Hpa son
700–723 Hso Kert Hpa son
723–753 Hso Kyané Hpa son
753–769 Hso Ngoen Hpa son
769–779 Hso Kyem Hpa son
779–799 Hso Pik Hpa son
799–806 Hso Lip Hpa son
806–836 Hso Hkyeik Hpa son
836–850 Hso Wei Hpa son
850–867 Hso Kaa Hpa son
867–885 Hso Hkeep Hpa son
885–904 Hso Kyang Hpa son
904–927 Hso Nguen Hpa son
927–941 Hso Hki Hpa son
941–955 Hso Hkong Hpa son
955–967 Hso Pong Hpa son
967–1000 Hso Kyeng Hpa son
1000–1030 Hso Kyaw Hpa son
1030–1075 Hso Haw Hpa son
1075–1104 Hso Hkoong Hpa son
1104–1128 Hso Houm Hpa son
1128–1156 Hso Koong Hpa son
1156–1197 Hso Nyue Hpa son
1197–1221 Hso Yawn Hpa son
1221–1247 Hso Yiab Hpa son
1247–1274 Hso Yiam Hpa son
1274–1302 Hso Ngan Hpa son
1302–1337 Hso Hkam Hpa son
1337–1368 Hso Ngam Möng Hpa younger brother
1368–1382 Vacant
1382–1391 Maung Kiao Hpa (Paung Hkè) nephew
1391–1434 Sao Kyi Hpa son
1434–1436 Sao Aung Nyo Hpa (Saw Nyi) younger brother
1436–1438 Nawng Muen Hpa (Hso Hkaung Hpa) from Nawngmawn
1438–1488 Hso Nyen Hpa son
1488–1522 Hso Hsa Hpa son
1522–1534 Vacant
1534–1538 Hso Lung Hpa the ex-saopha of Mongyang State
1538–1573 Sao Inn Hkam Hpa son
1573–1575 Hso Powt Hpa from Kyawkku Hsiwan (Kyaukku, Myinkyadu)
1575–1599 Hso Yap Hpa son
1599–1619 Hseng Hkam Hpa (Tein-nyin-sa Saing Hkan) son
1619–1646 Aung Nyo Hpa (Thakin Kaw Nyo) son
1646–1647 Chow Hnin Mein the Mahadewi of Aung Nyo Hpa
1647–1671 Hkam Huea Hpa (Mong Sit Sa, Sit Naing) come from Mongsit
1671–1697 Oo Kyaw Hpa (Kyem Möng U Kyaw) son
1697–1698 Maung Kyin Baw (the burmese peer)
1698–1703 Maung Sunt (the burmese peer)
1703–1714 Nga Kyin Hpa (Kyaung Pyn Hpa) younger brother of Oo Kyaw Hpa (Kyem Möng U Kyaw)
1714–1750 Myat Kaung (Mong Hkoum) son of Oo Kyaw Hpa (Kyem Möng U Kyaw)
1750–1756 Vacant
1756–1778 Aung Nyo younger brother
1778–1796 Maung Tin son
1796–1798 Maung Taw San the ex-Pawng Möng of Mye-ne he married with Dewa Ukar the daughter of Hso Hom Hpa the saopha of Kale the Kale population imigrated to Wuntho and settled the villages name Myelin and Taung Kyat
1798–1827 Maung Tha Ywe (Hso Hung Hpa) son after his death two sons name Möng Kaeo and Thwin Phyu they usurp the throne but the last the throne controlled by Maung Taw San step-son name Maung Shwe Tha (Sao Hla Hkam)
1827–1833 Maung Shwe Tha (Sao Hla Hkam) 1st time the step-son of Maung Tha Ywe (Hso Hung Hpa) he moved to be the saopha of Mongkawng State during 1833–1852
1833–1849 Maung Shwe Hti (Hso Hom Hpa) the son of Maung Tha Ywe (Hso Hung Hpa)
1849–1852 San Thit the son of Kyam Me Kyaung the peer of Kawlin
1852–1878 Maung Shwe Tha (Sao Hla Hkam) 2nd time the step-son of Maung Tha Ywe (Hso Hung Hpa)
1878–1878 Hso Hon Hpa son
1878– 7 Feb 1891 Maung Aung Shwe Myat (Hso Saw Hpa) son – Last Saopha of Waing Hso (b. 1857 - d.1960)

He lead the Wuntho troop to fighting with British in 1891 but surrender after that he escaped to Koshanpye in Santa 13 years and Mong La 19 year until Sir Sao Maung of Yawnghwe State persuaded him to come back to his motherland after that he lived in Taunggyi and received the salary 100 kyat per month and when Sao Yawt Hkam Serk was the president of Myanmar he received the salary 500 kyat per month

References

^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wuntho". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 856.
^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 399

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[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wuntho". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 856.

[2] Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 399

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