1915 Kachin Hills uprising

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1915 Kachin Hills uprising
Date 2 January - February 1915 Location Kachin Hills, British Burma Result British victory
Belligerents
Kachin rebels Shan rebels	British Empire  India  Burma
Commanders and leaders
Nga Po Thaik Pawlum Kron Li †	Herbert Raitt C.T. Swan A.W.H. Lee
Strength
300+ Kachins 4 Shans	64th Pioneers 139+ Gurkhas Burma Military Police
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1+ dead 1+ wounded

The 1915 Kachin Hills uprising was an uprising Kachin villagers in the Kachin hills of British Burma from 2 January to February 1915. The rebellion had been agitated by four ethnic Shans.^[1] The rebellion would be crushed by British colonial troops, including those from India^[2] and by the 64th Pioneers,^[3] and the four Shans were hanged in September 1915.^[1]