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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



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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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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

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

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