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Expiry of the Shan secession clause and first armed clashes, 1958
A constitutional right to secede expired without being honoured, triggering the first armed Shan nationalist resistance.
What happened
The 1947 Panglong Agreement's ten-year Shan secession clause expired on 4 January 1958 without secession occurring, triggering the first armed clashes between Shan nationalists and the Burma Army.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The 1947 Panglong Agreement, underlying the constitutional framework of the Union of Burma, included a clause granting Shan State the right to secede after ten years; when this provision expired on 4 January 1958 without Shan secession being permitted, the first armed clashes between Shan nationalists and the Burma Army occurred, giving rise to an insurgent group calling itself Num Suk Han ("Brave Young Warriors"), from which a faction near the Thai border formed the Shan State Independence Army in 1960.
- Shan State Army (Wikipedia) link, Secession Clause and Early Resistance sections. Source record