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Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin<<br> | Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin<<br> | ||
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*[http://www.pyinoolwin.info/ Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers]. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches. | *[http://www.pyinoolwin.info/ Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers]. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches. | ||
| + | *[http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/10317-empire-of-hills-in-pyin-oo-lwin-a-historian-retraces-the-colonial-past-and-discovers-tourist-pleasures-old-and-new.html "Run for the hills"] by Amaury Lorin 12 May 2014 ''The Myanmar Times''. Retrieved 26 August 2014 | ||
| + | *[http://moncurdg.com/2012/07/24/an-english-girls-first-impressions-of-burmah/ "An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah"] July 24, 2012. About the book of this name, see below. | ||
| + | **[http://moncurdg.com/2013/07/08/beth-ellis/ Beth Ellis] July 8, 2013 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 26 August 2014. Remyo was the earlier name for Maymyo | ||
| + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a4036961.shtml “A British Boy in Wartime Burma”] by Richard Hurley BBC-WW2 People’s War. Hurley was a 9 year old boy living in Maymyo when Japanese warplanes attacked in 1942. Retrieved 26 August 2014 | ||
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| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_244.gif "Maymyo Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17'', page 238. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/englishgirlsfirs00elliiala ''An English girl's first impression of Burmah''] by Beth Ellis 1899 Archive.org. The author stayed with her sister and brother-in-law at Remyo | ||
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Revision as of 07:45, 26 August 2014
| Maymyo | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 96.458747°E |
| Altitude: | 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Pyin Oo Lwin |
| State/Province: | Mandalay Division |
| Country: | Burma |
| Transport links | |
Maymyo was the principal hill station of Burma, in Mandalay District, Upper Burma
Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin<
Previous name: Maymyo, and even earlier, Remyo
FIBIS resources
External links
- Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches.
- "Run for the hills" by Amaury Lorin 12 May 2014 The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014
- "An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah" July 24, 2012. About the book of this name, see below.
- Beth Ellis July 8, 2013 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 26 August 2014. Remyo was the earlier name for Maymyo
- “A British Boy in Wartime Burma” by Richard Hurley BBC-WW2 People’s War. Hurley was a 9 year old boy living in Maymyo when Japanese warplanes attacked in 1942. Retrieved 26 August 2014
Historical books online
- "Maymyo Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17, page 238.
- An English girl's first impression of Burmah by Beth Ellis 1899 Archive.org. The author stayed with her sister and brother-in-law at Remyo
