Mogaung or Möngkawng was the name and capital (royal seat) of a relatively major one of the petty Shan (ethnic Tai) principalities. It was ruled by a saopha (Burmese: sawbwa; Shan-prince of the highest rank), since that state was founded (according to legend in 58BC, under the ritual name Udiri Pale), interrupted by Chinese imperial occupations in 1479–1483 and 1495 and Burmese occupations in 1651–1742 and 1771–1775 until its annexation in 1796 by the Ava-based kingdom of Burma.
In June 1944 during World War II the then heavily-defended town was the site of a three-week battle when the 77th Chindit Brigade under Brigadier Michael Calvert, later assisted by Chinese forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, fought-for and captured Mogaung from the occupying forces of Imperial Japan. For their behaviour during the fighting two members of the 3rd/6th Gurkha Rifles, Captain Michael Allmand, and Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun, were each subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross, in Allmand's case, posthumously. At the time of the battle Calvert's Chindit force had been behind enemy lines for three months as part of Operation Thursday.
mogaung, this, article, about, present, town, historical, shan, state, mongkawng, village, mingin, township, mingin, burmese, móɡáʊɰ, shan, town, kachin, state, myanmar, situated, mandalay, myitkyina, railway, line, townlocation, burmacoordinates, 30139, 94167. This article is about the present town For the historical Shan state see Mongkawng For the village in Mingin Township see Mogaung Mingin Mogaung Burmese မ က င moɡaʊɰ Shan မ င ၵ င is a town in Kachin State Myanmar It is situated on the Mandalay Myitkyina railway line Mogaung မ က င မ င ၵ င TownMogaungLocation in BurmaCoordinates 25 18 05 N 96 56 30 E 25 30139 N 96 94167 E 25 30139 96 94167Country MyanmarDivision Kachin StateDistrictMohnyin DistrictTownshipMogaung TownshipPopulation 2014 132 608 ReligionsBuddhism ChristianityTime zoneUTC 6 30 MST Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External linksHistory editMain article Mongkawng Mogaung or Mongkawng was the name and capital royal seat of a relatively major one of the petty Shan ethnic Tai principalities It was ruled by a saopha Burmese sawbwa Shan prince of the highest rank since that state was founded according to legend in 58BC under the ritual name Udiri Pale interrupted by Chinese imperial occupations in 1479 1483 and 1495 and Burmese occupations in 1651 1742 and 1771 1775 until its annexation in 1796 by the Ava based kingdom of Burma In June 1944 during World War II the then heavily defended town was the site of a three week battle when the 77th Chindit Brigade under Brigadier Michael Calvert later assisted by Chinese forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek fought for and captured Mogaung from the occupying forces of Imperial Japan For their behaviour during the fighting two members of the 3rd 6th Gurkha Rifles Captain Michael Allmand and Rifleman Tul Bahadur Pun were each subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross in Allmand s case posthumously At the time of the battle Calvert s Chindit force had been behind enemy lines for three months as part of Operation Thursday See also editList of rulers of Shan statesSources editWorldStatesMen Burma Myanmar Shan amp Karen states which lists the last rulers External links edit Mogaung Burma Falling Rain Genomics Inc Mogaung Map Satellite Images of Mogaung Maplandia com nbsp nbsp This Kachin State location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mogaung amp oldid 1218407041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
