| Monghsat State Mönghsat | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 17th century–1959 | |||||||||
 Mönghsat State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Capital | Monghsat | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 17th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last ruler | 1959 | ||||||||
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Monghsat or Mönghsat (also known as Mong Hsat) was small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.
History
It was a small dependency of Kengtung State[1] that had been a tract of land claimed by Mongnai State but annexed by Kengtung along with Mongpu further to the north. The capital and residence of the ruler was Monghsat town.[2]
Little is known about this state except that its forests had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during British Rule in Burma.[3]
References
20°32′N 99°15′E / 20.533°N 99.250°E
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