Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung
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Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, Duke of Lekaing C.S.I. was a Burmese chief minister during the reigns of King Mindon and Thibaw, as well as a colonial civil servant. He attempted to westernise the Burmese king
Portrait by John Watkins, 1872
U Kaung's residence at Fort Dufferin (former Mandalay Palace) in 1903.
Burmese Embassy to France 1873 or 1874
Third Anglo-Burmese War
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The Third Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the Third Burma War, was the final of three wars fought in the 19th century between the Burmese and the British. The war saw the loss of sovereignty of an in
Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung
…existing bureaucracy into a more democratic system. Because of such attempts to do so, he was accused by many as decoy to have allowed Britain to win the Third Anglo-Burmese War. U Kaung was born Maung Chin (မောင်ချင်း) on 3 February 1822 (Sunday, 12th waxing of Tabodwe 1183 ME) in Madaingbin village (in the Lower Chindwin…
Junior Queen Supayalay next to Queen Supayalat and King Thibaw (November 1885)
Minhla, after its capture by the British, mid-November 1885, showing death and devastation. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace (1837–1912).
Photograph of one of King Thibaw's steamers on the Irrawaddy, 26 November 1885. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace (1837–1912).
The meeting of General Prendergast and King Thibaw