Kayah State

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The Kayah State is one of 14 administrative units of Myanmar. Sometimes the term is used Karenni State ( State of the Red Karen ).

Geography

The Kayah State is situated in the east of Myanmar. It is bordered on the north by Shan State and in the west and south by the Kayin State. In the east, it forms the border with Thailand and borders on the province of Mae Hong Son

The capital of Kayah State is Loi - kaw with about 11,000 inhabitants.

History

Was originally on the present territory of the Kayah State three Karenni States: Kantarawadi, Kyebogyi and Bawlake. In a contract between the Burmese King Mindon Min and the British government in 1875 both parties recognized that the three States not part of the British colony of Burma, still part of the Kingdom of Burma in Mandalay were. Therefore, the states were never a part of the British colony of Burma. Although 1892, the States were declared tributpflichtigem area of the British colony, part but they were never. Except for a few military police, the British colonial administration never entertained troops in the Karenni States.

In February 1946, the Karenni princes were invited by Prince of Shan to the Panglong Conference. But the Prince refused to take part in a conference in which the independence of the colony Burma should be negotiated on the grounds that the Karenni states were already independent, and they could thus only losing that independence. In the same month, a representative of the British Frontier Areas Administrative Board visited the capital Loi - kaw and inquired of the Karenni princes, whether principalities not but wanted to be a member of this organization., A request rejected the prince. The leaders of the Karenni participated neither in the Panglong conference yet they signed the negotiated contract. However, in discussions with the British colonial power on the independence of Burma claimed the Burmese negotiators, the Karenni leaders were still joined the Frontier Areas Administrative Board and had signed the Treaty of Panglong.

So it came about that in the Constitution of the Union of Burma, 1947, the Karenni states were described as a single Karenni State and as a member of the Union. According to the Constitution, the state had the right to leave the Union after 10 years. The Karenni leaders were not asked whether they agree with the Constitution.

On January 4, 1948 Burma was granted independence. On August 9, 1948 Burmese troops invaded the Karenni States and occupied the headquarters of the Karenni National Organization Myat in Leh. Here, the Karenni leader U Bee Htu Re was murdered by Burmese troops, as he still spoke out against annexation of the Karenni States to the Union of Burma. Then rebelled Kayah. The uprising continues to this day.

On 5 October 1951, the Karenni State was renamed Kayah State. Also, the Shan principality Mong Pai was incorporated into the Kayah State.

1976 many villages of the Karenni were forcibly resettled in areas controlled by the Burmese military to take the resistance groups the support of the population. This serious human rights violations were registered.