Federated Shan States
Federated Shan States | |||||||||
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Subdivision of British Burma | |||||||||
1922–1948 | |||||||||
1917 map of the Shan and Karenni States already within one border | |||||||||
• Type | Monarchy | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Establishment. | 1922 | ||||||||
• Independence of Burma | 1948 | ||||||||
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The Federated Shan States (Shan: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ်ႊၸိုင်ႈတႆး Muang Hom Tum Jueng Tai; Burmese: ပဒေသရာဇ် ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်စု) was an administrative division of the British Empire made up by the much larger Shan States and the Karenni States during British rule in Burma.
The federation was established in order to facilitate the future transfer of the Shan principalities to the Governor of Burma. Unaware of the implications of the British political move, the Shan
History
Under the British colonial administration, the former Shan States consisted of nominally sovereign entities, each ruled by a
On 27 May 1942, during
Following the existing agreement between Thai Prime Minister
Thailand left the territory in 1945, but officially relinquished its claim over the territories of the Federated Shan States it had occupied only in 1946 as part of the condition for admission to the United Nations and the withdrawal of all wartime sanctions for having sided with the Axis powers.[8]
Post-independence Burma
When Burma gained independence in 1948, the Federated Shan States became
See also
- Princely States
- Shan States
- Karenni States
References
- ^ Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile. p.77
- ^ "Myanmar Divisions". Statoids. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ Jean Michaud, Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif, p. 213
- ^ "Thailand and the Second World War". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
- ^ Shan and Karenni States of Burma
- ^ Aung Tun 2009: 202
- ^ Aung Tun 2009: 203–204, 205–206
- ^ David Porter Chandler & David Joel Steinberg eds. In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History. p. 388