Toungoo

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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/Toung-Ngoo/Taung-ngu

History

Battle of Tounghoo 1853

External links

Historical books on-line

  • "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.