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WUNTHO

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 856 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WUNTHO , a native state of Upper Burma annexed by the British and incorporated in the

district

DISTRICT

of Katha in 1892. Wuntho was classed by the Burmese as a Shan state, but was never on the same footing as the true Shan states, and only escaped be-coming an integral

part

PART

of the Burmese

empire

EMPIRE

through Burmese want of

system

SYSTEM

. The Shan name is Wying Hso, " the

city

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

of the high." It had an area of about 2400 sq. m. with 15o,000 in-habitants, and lay midway between the

Irrawaddy

IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

and

Chindwin

CHINDWIN
CHINDWIN, UPPER

rivers. When the British annexed Upper Burma in 1885 the state became a

refuge

REFUGE

for rebels and dacoit leaders. Finally in 1891 the state broke out into open rebellion, the sawbwa was deposed, and a force of 1800 troops under General Sir George Wolseley occupied the

town

TOWN

of Wuntho and reduced the state to order.

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