| Mongnai | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Shan States | |||||||
| bf. 1800–1959 | |||||||
 Möng Nai State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||
| Capital | Mong Nai | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 5,129 km2 (1,980 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 44,252 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• State founded | bf. 1800 | ||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||
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Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē,[1] was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States.[1] Its capital was Mongnai town.[2]
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 710.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 405.