| Kengcheng State | |||||||||||
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| State of theShan States | |||||||||||
| 18th century–1896 | |||||||||||
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• Foundation of the state | 18th century | ||||||||||
• Division of the state | 1896 | ||||||||||
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Kengcheng orKeng Cheng (also known asKyaingchaing andChiang Khaeng) was one of theShan states. In 1896, part of Keng Cheng was incorporated into the neighbouring state ofKengtung in what is todayBurma, and the other part, which is now inLaos, went toFrench Indochina.[1]
Kengcheng was a tributary state of theKing of Burma until 1887, when theShan states submitted to British rule after the fall of theKonbaung dynasty. The capital of Keng Cheng was atMuang Sing (now part of Laos).[2]
In 1896, Kengcheng was divided betweenBritish Burma andFrench Indochina with theMekong as a border. The districts of the Cis-Mekong part of the state were merged with Kengtung State and the eastern districts, now theMuang Sing area, went first toSiam and then to the French. The limit between Kengtung andChina was demarcated by an Anglo-Chinese commission in 1898–1899.[3]
Sir George Scott mentioned the following about the Keng Cheng Myosa:[4]
This was the unfortunate man who was told that he belonged to Siam and then that he didn't. Half his territory finally handed over to France.
The rulers of Kengcheng had the titleNgwegunhmu and byc. 1880, it changed toMyoza.[5]
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