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==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Modern name Taungoo<br>
Modern name Taungoo<br>
Other variants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, Tounghoo, Toung-Ngoo
Other variants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, Tongo, Tounghoo, Toung-Ngoo, Taung-ngu


== History ==
== History ==
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*[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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia
*[http://www.cqout.com/show.asp?u=http%3A//www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg Drawings] of an [[Artillery elephants|elephant battery]] at Tongo, 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs, during the [[3rd Burma War]] [http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=10168438 CQout.com]  Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885
   
   
[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Burma]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Burma]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

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Toungoo , in Lower Burma , 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.

Spelling variants

Modern name Taungoo
Other variants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, Tongo, Tounghoo, Toung-Ngoo, Taung-ngu

History

Battle of Tounghoo 1853

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