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'''Pegu''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_090.gif Pegu District] in the Pegu Division of Burma during the British period. | '''Pegu''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_090.gif Pegu District] in the Pegu Division of Burma during the British period. | ||
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== Military history == | == Military history == | ||
[[Battle of Pegu]] June 1852<br>[[Relief of Pegu]] Dec 1852 | [[Battle of Pegu]] June 1852<br>[[Relief of Pegu]] Dec 1852 | ||
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| + | ==Churches and Cemeteries== | ||
| + | Nick Johnson on 27 December 2012 advised about a visit to Pegu/Bago. "...I visited the Anglican Church there which has no BMD registers at all any more (!) and visited the current Anglican Cemetery outside the town of Bago/Pegu. The graves from the original graveyard have been moved at least twice apparently and nothing pre 1946 appears to have survived." <ref>Johnson, Nick [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2012-12/1356640569 Pegu/Bago Cemetery] ''Rootsweb British Raj Mailing List'' 27 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.</ref> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_102.gif Pegu Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_102.gif Pegu Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | ||
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| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/4YMB6WYOH2UZRZX6KAM2F7GFJ52VCCOD ''A Concise Account Of The Climate, Produce, Trade, Government, Manners, and Customs, Of The Kingdom Of Pegu''] by W. Hunter A.M. Surgeon. Calcutta printed reprinted London 1789 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek “The result of observations made on a voyage performed by order of the Hon, East-India Company” | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 10:09, 18 April 2015
| Pegu | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 17.32911°N 96.499089°E |
| Altitude: | 15 metres (49 feet) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bago |
| State/Province: | Bago Division |
| Country: | Burma |
| Transport links | |
| Burma Railway Sittang Valley State Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Pegu] |
Pegu was the headquarters of Pegu District in the Pegu Division of Burma during the British period.
Contents
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Pegu/Bago
Military history
Battle of Pegu June 1852
Relief of Pegu Dec 1852
Churches and Cemeteries
Nick Johnson on 27 December 2012 advised about a visit to Pegu/Bago. "...I visited the Anglican Church there which has no BMD registers at all any more (!) and visited the current Anglican Cemetery outside the town of Bago/Pegu. The graves from the original graveyard have been moved at least twice apparently and nothing pre 1946 appears to have survived." [1]
External links
- Pegu Town Imperial Gazetteer
Historical books online
- A Concise Account Of The Climate, Produce, Trade, Government, Manners, and Customs, Of The Kingdom Of Pegu by W. Hunter A.M. Surgeon. Calcutta printed reprinted London 1789 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek “The result of observations made on a voyage performed by order of the Hon, East-India Company”
References
- ↑ Johnson, Nick Pegu/Bago Cemetery Rootsweb British Raj Mailing List 27 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
