page_title: Karenni States
hierarchical_section_title: Karenni States
caption_attribution_description: English: Parts of Shan State annexed by Thailand after the Japanese invasion of Burma. The map shows in purple the actual territories east of the Salween (Kengtung and part of Mongpan State) that were sanctioned by the Japanese authorities to become a new Thai province. Not all the territories claimed by Thailand in the Shan and Kayah states were granted by the Japanese. Note: This is not a map of the farthest penetration of the Thai army accompanying the Japanese military in their Burma campaign.
context_page_description: The Karenni States, also known as Red Karen States, was the name formerly given to the states inhabited mainly by the Red Karen, in the area of present-day Kayah State, eastern Burma. They were located south of the Federated Shan States and east of British Burma.
  The British government recognised and guaranteed the independence of the Karenni States in an 1875 treaty with Burmese King Mindon Min, by which both parties recognised the area as belonging neither to Burma nor to Great Britain. Consequently, the Karenni States were never fully incorporated into British Burma. The Karenni states formed for a time the "Kayah State" in post-independent Burma, but on 29 April 1959 both the Shan and the Kayah rulers formally surrendered their ruling powers to the Burmese government.
context_section_description: The Karenni States, also known as Red Karen States, was the name formerly given to the states inhabited mainly by the Red Karen, in the area of present-day Kayah State, eastern Burma. They were located south of the Federated Shan States and east of British Burma.
  The British government recognised and guaranteed the independence of the Karenni States in an 1875 treaty with Burmese King Mindon Min, by which both parties recognised the area as belonging neither to Burma nor to Great Britain. Consequently, the Karenni States were never fully incorporated into British Burma. The Karenni states formed for a time the "Kayah State" in post-independent Burma, but on 29 April 1959 both the Shan and the Kayah rulers formally surrendered their ruling powers to the Burmese government.
caption: Territories claimed by Thailand in the Shan and Karenni States during World War II and Saharat Thai Doem northern province.
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