[1] The rebellion would be crushed by British colonial troops, including those from India[2] and by the 64th Pioneers,[3] and the four Shans were hanged in September 1915.

Before the British conquest of Burma, the region was ruled by the Burmese Konbaung dynasty, who were highly centralized.

For the Kachin, disaffection against the British grew, with intelligence reports expecting an attack on Myitkyina on 4 December 1914, although it didn't occur then.

Nga Po Thaik then convinced most of the Hukawng valley Kachins to rebel after saying that the BMP had been withdrawn to fight in World War I.

In late January, a column of men under Lee, including a force of Gurkhas, left Kamaing for Walapum with no opposition.

As they would have no supplies to fight a war, they decided to raid the Public Works Department food store in Shingboi (Shingbwiyang).

Swan led a column of men, supported by the 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery, to Darukha where he left a Gurkha garrison before heading to Wawang.

The British administration in Burma decided to severely punish dissident groups as an example against the hill tribes.

The four Shans fled east into the Triangle zone, which was bounded by the Mali and Nmaikha rivers and was not administerred by the British.

They were then tied in Mandalay in September 1915, where they told the judge they had no connection to the rebellion and were only in the Kachin Hills to buy drugs.