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The Shan States were a collection of Shan principalities called möng whose rulers bore the title saopha. The term "Shan States" was first used during the British rule in Burma as a geopolitical design
Two Shan saophas with their wives seated between them at the Durbar held in New Delhi in honour of Edward VII.
Shan State
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Shan State is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Myanmar in the west. The largest of the 14 ad
Shan States
…Irrawaddy River, the Shan saophas (chiefs) retained a large degree of autonomy. When Burma gained independence in 1948, the Federated Shan States became Shan State while the southern portion became Kayah State within the Union of Burma with the right to secede from the Union. However, the Shan States and the…
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