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'''Toungoo''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_427.gif Toungoo District] in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was situated on the Rangoon-Mandalay Railway, part of the [[Burma Railway]], 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. Up until 1893, Toungoo was an important cantonment. | '''Toungoo''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_427.gif Toungoo District] in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was situated on the Rangoon-Mandalay Railway, part of the [[Burma Railway]], 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. Up until 1893, Toungoo was an important cantonment. | ||
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==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name: Taungoo<br> | Modern name: Taungoo<br> | ||
| − | Variants: Toungoo/Tonngoo/Tongo/Tounghoo/Toung-Ngoo/Taung-ngu | + | Variants: Toungoo / Tonngoo / Tongo / Tounghoo / Tonghoo / Toung-Ngoo / Taung-ngu |
== History == | == History == | ||
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==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/436/mode/2up "Tonghoo"] page 436 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/806/mode/1up "Toung-Ngoo"] ''The British Burma Gazetteer'', page 806, published 1879 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/806/mode/1up "Toung-Ngoo"] ''The British Burma Gazetteer'', page 806, published 1879 Archive.org | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 5 April 2015
| Toungoo | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 18.933333°N 96.433333°E |
| Altitude: | 49 m (160 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Toungoo |
| State/Province: | Bago Division |
| Country: | Burma |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Toungoo was the headquarters of Toungoo District in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was situated on the Rangoon-Mandalay Railway, part of the Burma Railway, 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. Up until 1893, Toungoo was an important cantonment.
A brief comment that in 1877-8 Tounghoo was a Frontier Station[1]
Spelling variants
Modern name: Taungoo
Variants: Toungoo / Tonngoo / Tongo / Tounghoo / Tonghoo / Toung-Ngoo / Taung-ngu
History
Battle of Tounghoo 1853
External links
- Toungoo Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 433
- Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. old-print.com (archived page) Originally from The Graphic Saturday, October 24, 1885
Historical books on-line
- "Tonghoo" page 436 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
- "Toung-Ngoo" The British Burma Gazetteer, page 806, published 1879 Archive.org
References
- ↑ Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.
