▁independence ; ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁scholar , ▁historian ▁and ▁lingu ist . ▁His ▁wife , ▁Mi ▁Mi ▁K ha ing , ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁scholar ▁and ▁writer . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Sa o ▁Sa im ong ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁wife , ▁N ang ▁Da eng , ▁of ▁Sa op ha ▁K aw ng ▁K iao ▁Int al eng ▁( who ▁had ▁succeeded ▁as ▁r uler ▁of ▁K eng t ung ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 ). ▁Early ▁in ▁his ▁life , ▁Sa o ▁Sa im ong ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁Bang k ok ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁nov ice ▁mon k ▁at ▁the ▁Wat ▁The ps ir in ▁in ▁Bang k ok , ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁father ' s ▁hope ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁eventually ▁become ▁the ▁chief ▁ab bot ▁of ▁K eng t ung . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁Sa o ▁Kon ka eu ▁Int al eng ▁attended ▁a ▁dur bar ▁in ▁India , ▁and ▁realized ▁that ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁sons ▁should ▁be ▁given ▁a ▁western ▁education ▁to ▁be ▁successful , ▁so ▁Sa o ▁Sa im ong ▁was ▁called ▁back ▁from ▁Bang k ok ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Sh an ▁Chief s ' ▁School ▁in ▁Ta ung gy i , ▁a ▁school ▁founded ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁administration ▁to ▁train ▁the ▁sons ▁of ▁r uling ▁families . ▁From ▁there , ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁attend ▁R ango on ▁University , ▁and ▁then ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁London . ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Bur ma ▁in