1915 Kachin Hills uprising

1915 Kachin Hills uprising
Date2 January – February 1915
Location
Kachin Hills, British Burma
Result British victory
Belligerents
Kachin rebels
Shan rebels

British Empire

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. The rebellion would be crushed by British colonial troops, including those from India and by the 64th Pioneers, and the four Shans were hanged in September 1915.

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