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*[http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/special-features/168-food-and-beverage/7423-a-toast-to-the-past.html "A toast to the past" [The Pegu Club<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Wade Guyitt  08 July 2013 ''Myanmar Times''. Retrieved 30 August 2014
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Rangoon
Presidency: Bengal Presidency
Coordinates: 16.868878°N 96.236255°E
Altitude: 26m (85 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Yangon
State/Province: Yangon Division
Country: Burma
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Rangoon, in what was formerly known as Lower Burma, was the capital of British Burma from 1885 and a separate district in Pegu Division during the British period. It was also the headquarters of Hanthawaddy District.

History

Rangoon came under British rule in the 1850s and was transformed into a busy commercial port. It became the capital of British Burma after Upper Burma was captured in the 3rd Burma War, making overland access from the rest of British India possible.

Military history

There was a cantonment at Rangoon. C 1927 a new cantonment was built at Mingaladon, twelve miles to the north of Rangoon, although some regiments remained in Rangoon. During the Second World War, Mingaladon was the location of an RAF base, which is now the Rangoon international airport.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Yangon
Variants: Rangoon

Maps

Cemeteries

External links

References

  1. WW2Talk Forum thread Father and Uncle in Indian Army-how to research? which includes a section of a map showing the location of the cemetery, the latter only viewable by logged in members of WW2Talk Forum) (retrieved 27 May 2014)