By WEI YAN AUNG | 26 March 2019
Shan chieftains pose for a photo at the 1946 Panglong in Shan State
Today marks the 73rd anniversary of a conference held in advance of the historic 1947 Panglong. The 1946 conference, which ran through March 28, also in Shan State’s Panglong Township, has been recognized as the first Panglong but is less known than the one that followed.