Mongpawng

Mongpawng, or Mong Pawn, was one of the thirty-four Shan states recognised by the British protectorate in colonial Burma. It formed part of the Federated Shan States created in 1922.

In 1943, the occupying Japanese transferred Mongpawng to the government of Siam. The Shan states later constituted an autonomous state within the Union of Burma.

Like other Shan states, Mongpawng was ruled by an hereditary prince, or saopha.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "Mong Pawn, Myanmar". Almanach de Bruxelles. 2004. http://www.almanach.be/search/m/mya_mongpawn.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
2. ^ Inge Sargent (1994). Twilight over Burma, My Life as a Shan Princess. University of Hawaii Press.