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'''Toungoo''' {{Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.933333, in Lower Burma 96.433333&spn=0.1, was situated on the Rangoon-Mandalay Railway0.1&t=m&q=18.933333, part of the 96.433333 18.933333°N 96.433333°E]|altitude= 49 m (160 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Toungoo] |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago_Region Bago Division] |country=[[Burma Railway]], 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. |transport=}}{{Places of Interest|title=Toungoo|name=Toungoo |link=xxxxx}}=====THIS PAGE IS WAITING FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION=====
*[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> ==== Historical books on-line ====
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia
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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 Toungoo 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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/44/mode/2up/search/Tounghoo brief comment] that in 1877-8 Tounghoo was a Frontier Station<ref>
==Spelling variants==
Modern name : Taungoo<br>Other variantsVariants: Toungoo, /Tonngoo, /Tongo, /Tounghoo, /Toung-Ngoo, /Taung-ngu
== History ==
==External links==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/806/mode/1up "Toung-Ngoo"] ''The British Burma Gazetteer'', page 806, published 1879 Archive.org
*[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
