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1867 - 1898
Funeral of the Mainglon Princess - C Road, Mandalay c. 1890s
The Mainglong Princess Thu Thiri Kaytha Waddy was born 1867 and was a daughter of King Mindon and the Thayasin Queen (Thayasin Myoza Mibuya). In 1894 she married her half-brother the Kawlin Prince and had two children before she died in 1898, aged 31.
With the immediate Burmese royal family in exile in India, the remnants of the extended family lived out their days in Burma under the watchful eye of the British authorities - family events, such as the...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.