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unusual facts about Mindon Min


Mindon Min

King Mindon founded the last royal capital of Burma, Mandalay, in 1857.


Kayah State

The British government recognized and guaranteed the independence of the Karenni States in an 1875 treaty with Burmese King Mindon Min, by which both parties recognized the area as belonging neither to Konbaung Burma nor to Great Britain.

Second Anglo-Burmese War

The war resulted in a revolution in Amarapura although it was then still called the Court of Ava, with Pagan Min (1846–1852) being overthrown by his half brother Mindon Min (1853–1878).


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