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{{Short description|Ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{infobox war faction
|name = Mon National Defence Army
|native_name =
|native_name_lang =
|war = the [[Internal conflict in Myanmar]]
|image = 
|caption = 
|active= {{Start date|df=yes|1995}}–2011
|leaders = Ja Lwan Hta<ref name=dvbmot>[https://english.dvb.no/mon-ethnic-armies-reunite/ Mon ethnic armies reunite]. DVB. January 14, 2011</ref>
|ideology = [[Mon nationalism]]<br>[[Separatism]]
|clans = 
|predecessor = {{flagicon image|New Mon State Party flag.svg}} [[Mon National Liberation Army]]
|headquarters = [[Ye Township]]
|area = [[Mon State]]
|size = 30<ref name=dvbmot/>
|allies = 
| opponents        = '''State opponents'''
* {{flag|Myanmar}}  
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Myanmar Armed Forces.svg}} [[Tatmadaw]]
* {{flagdeco|Myanmar|1974}} [[State Peace and Development Council|Union of Myanmar]] 
'''Non-state opponents'''
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the KNLA.svg}} [[Karen National Liberation Army]]<ref name=ashsou/>
* {{flagicon image|New Mon State Party flag.svg}} [[New Mon State Party]]<ref name=ashsou/>
|battles = 
[[Internal conflict in Myanmar]]
|website=
}}

The '''Mon National Defence Army''' (also known as the ''Mon National Warrior Army'') was a splinter group of the [[Mon National Liberation Army]] (MNLA) in [[Myanmar]] formed in retaliation for the [[New Mon State Party]] entering a ceasefire with the [[State Peace and Development Council]]. The MNDA eventually united with another breakaway MNLA faction led by Nai Pan Nyunt on November 29, 2001, to form the [[Monland Restoration Army]].<ref name=ashsou>[https://www.ashleysouth.co.uk/files/Chulalongkorn_University_Mon_Seminar_October_2007.pdf  Mon Nationalist Movements: insurgency, ceasefires and political struggle] Ashley South Ph.D. Seminar on Discovery of Ramanndesa: Mon history, identity, culture, language and performing arts. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Bangkok, 10–13 October 2007.</ref>

Initially, the MRA/HRP alliance engaged in numerous clashes with the SPDC and MNLA in early 2002. However, the strength of the splinter groups deteriorated by 2003 as most members defected back to the MNLA.<ref name=ashsou/>

After the MNLA ended their ceasefire with the SPDC in September 2010, both the MNDA and the MRA reunited.<ref name=dvbmot/>

== References ==
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{{Insurgent groups in Myanmar}}

[[Category:1995 establishments in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Political schisms]]
[[Category:Ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Separatism in Myanmar]]