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'''Thayetmyo''', a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River,  was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_349.gif Thayetmyo District] in the Minbu Division of Burma during the British period. A cantonment was built in 1854.
 
'''Thayetmyo''', a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River,  was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_349.gif Thayetmyo District] in the Minbu Division of Burma during the British period. A cantonment was built in 1854.
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==External links==
 
==External links==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_360.gif Thayetmyo Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23 page 354<br>
 
 
 
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_360.gif Thayetmyo Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23 page 354<br>
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/728/mode/2up "Thayet District"] , page 728 ''The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z'' (1879) Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/728/mode/2up "Thayet District"] , page 728 ''The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z'' (1879) Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/770/mode/2up "Thayet-myo"],  page 770 ''The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z'' (1879) Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/770/mode/2up "Thayet-myo"],  page 770 ''The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z'' (1879) Archive.org
 
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0he1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA114 "Annual Sanitary Report of the Station of Thayet Myo, for 1858-59"] by J. L. Ranking, Esq., Ex-Officio Sanitary Officer, page 114 ''Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science'' Volume 2 1861 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0he1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA114 "Annual Sanitary Report of the Station of Thayet Myo, for 1858-59"] by J. L. Ranking, Esq., Ex-Officio Sanitary Officer, page 114 ''Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science'' Volume 2 1861 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wHECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA392 "Report of an Epidemic of Cholera at Thayetmyo, British Burmah in 1869, especially with reference to its appearance in the head-quarters and right wing of Her Majesty’s 76th Regiment"] by Surgeon WA Thomson, M.B. 76th Regiment, page 392 ''Army Medical Department Report for the year 1869'' Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wHECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA392 "Report of an Epidemic of Cholera at Thayetmyo, British Burmah in 1869, especially with reference to its appearance in the head-quarters and right wing of Her Majesty’s 76th Regiment"] by Surgeon WA Thomson, M.B. 76th Regiment, page 392 ''Army Medical Department Report for the year 1869'' Google Books
 
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*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/358/mode/1up Thayetmyo] page 252 ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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Revision as of 07:18, 28 December 2014

Thayetmyo
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 19.325°N 95.183056°E
Altitude: 52 m (171 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Thayetmyo
State/Province: Magway Division
Country: Burma
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Thayetmyo, a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River, was the headquarters of Thayetmyo District in the Minbu Division of Burma during the British period. A cantonment was built in 1854.

A brief comment that in 1877-8 Thayetmyo was a Frontier Station[1]

Spelling variants

Modern name: Thayetmyo
It is likely that Thayetingo, where British troops were based, is the same place as Thayetmyo.

External links

Historical books on-line

References

  1. Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.