Kandarawadi

Kantarawadi
(Eastern Karenni)
ကန္ဒရဝတီ
Princely State of the Karenni States
18th century–1959

1917 map of the Karenni States
Area 
• 1931
6,475 km2 (2,500 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
30,677
 • TypeMonarchy
History 
• Independence
18th century
• Abdication of the Kayah rulers
1959
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Shan States
Kayah State
Territories claimed by Thailand in the Shan and Karenni States during WWII.
The ruler of Kantarawadi (standing in the middle of the back row), at the Delhi Durbar in 1903

Kantarawadi (Burmese: ကန္ဒရဝတီ; Thai: กันตรวดี), also known as Gantarawadi,[1] was one of the Karenni States in what is today Kayah State in Burma. It was also known as "Eastern Karenni" owing to the location of part of its territory east of the Salween River.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IGI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Khu Oo Reh (October 2006). "Highlights in Karenni History to 1948". Retrieved 19 December 2010.