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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_439.gif Toungoo Town]  Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 433<br>
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_439.gif Toungoo Town]  Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 433<br>
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Toungoo Toungoo] Love to Know 1911<br>
 
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003317/http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg  Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885] with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131116224320/http://www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/item/M1321885445/search/16%252DAntique%252DPrint%252Dof%252D1885%252DBurma%252DElephant%252DBattery%252DTongo%252DIndia%252DAnimals%252D old-print.com] (archived page)  Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003317/http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg  Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885] with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131116224320/http://www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/item/M1321885445/search/16%252DAntique%252DPrint%252Dof%252D1885%252DBurma%252DElephant%252DBattery%252DTongo%252DIndia%252DAnimals%252D old-print.com] (archived page)  Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885
  

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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.