Shwenyaungbin
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Shwenyaungbin, also Shwe-nyaung-bin or Schwenyaungbiri, is a large village in Mogok Township
, Pyin Oo Lwin District
, in the Mandalay Region of central Burma. It is located west of Mogok. It lies at a meander on the Kin River and the National Highway 31
(Tonga Road), which connects it to Kyatpyin and Mogok in the east.
took the offensive.
The Burmese successfully attacked one of the walls of the fortress and in the end they agreed to a Peace Treaty with the Chinese.
The Seventh-Day Adventist missionaries once had a station in Shwenyaungbin but missionaries such as Chit Maung
and his wife and several others were driven out due to religious conflict in the region.
On October 22, 1976, the village was attacked by the Kachin Independence Army
and were reported to have killed 11 people and wounded others during their retreat from the Waingmaw area.
A private of the 253rd Battalion surrendered at Shwenyaungbin camp, three new recruits of the 3rd Battalion surrendered at Bhamo
garrison and another of the 3rd Battalion at Washawng.
Mogok Township
Mogok Township is a township of Pyin Oo Lwin District in the Mandalay Region of Burma . It is located north of the city of Mandalay and surrounds the area of Mogok City.-External links:* Myanmar Information Management Unit * Maplandia...
, Pyin Oo Lwin District
Pyin Oo Lwin District
Pyin Oo Lwin District is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Burma. It lies northeast of Mandalay, with the Myitnge River as its southern boundary. To the east it is bordered by Shan State and in part by the Chaung Magyi . It goes north as far as the town of Dakaung where it adjoins...
, in the Mandalay Region of central Burma. It is located west of Mogok. It lies at a meander on the Kin River and the National Highway 31
National Highway 31 (Burma)
National Highway 31 is a major highway of central/northeastern Burma. It starts in Mandalay at the rim of the Mandalay Palace area from National Highway 3 at and ends in Waingmaw/Myitkyina in Kachin State at...
(Tonga Road), which connects it to Kyatpyin and Mogok in the east.
History
Historically during the Sino–Burmese War (1765–1769), the Qing army in 1769 built a massive stockade (described as being "as big as a city") at Shwenyaungbin until Maha Thiha ThuraMaha Thiha Thura
Maha Thiha Thura was commander-in-chief of the Burmese military from 1768 to 1776. Regarded as a brilliant military strategist, the general is best known in Burmese history for defeating the Chinese invasions of Burma...
took the offensive.
The Burmese successfully attacked one of the walls of the fortress and in the end they agreed to a Peace Treaty with the Chinese.
The Seventh-Day Adventist missionaries once had a station in Shwenyaungbin but missionaries such as Chit Maung
Chit Maung
Chit Maung was a journalist, patriotic writer and worked for Bogyoke Aung San who was the father of Aung San Suu Kyi. He was Chief Editor of New Light of Burma:. Later his own Journalgyaw Newspaper was well known in Burma....
and his wife and several others were driven out due to religious conflict in the region.
On October 22, 1976, the village was attacked by the Kachin Independence Army
Kachin Independence Army
The Kachin Independence Army is the military arm of the Kachin Independence Organization , a political group composed of ethnic Kachins in northern Burma...
and were reported to have killed 11 people and wounded others during their retreat from the Waingmaw area.
A private of the 253rd Battalion surrendered at Shwenyaungbin camp, three new recruits of the 3rd Battalion surrendered at Bhamo
Bhamo
Bhamo is a city of Kachin State in northernmost part of Myanmar, located 186 km south from the capital city of Myitkyina. It is on the Ayeyarwady River. It lies within 65 km of the border with Yunnan Province, China. The population consists of Chinese and Shan, with Kachin peoples in...
garrison and another of the 3rd Battalion at Washawng.