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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/Taungoo Taungoo] |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago_Region Bago Division] |country=[[Burma]]|transport=[[Burma Railway]], 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. }}{{Places of Interest|title=Toungoo|name=Toungoo |link=xxxxx}}

'''Toungoo''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_427.gif 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.

Modern name : Taungoo<br>Other variantsVariants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, /Tonngo/Tongo, /Tounghoo, /Tonghoo/Toung-Ngoo, /Taung-ngu

*[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>*[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 ==== Historical books online ====*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/332/mode/2up "Tonghoo"] page 332 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862'' by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/436/mode/2up "Tonghoo"] page 436 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org

*[httphttps://en.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia*[http:missionfieldamon25unkwuoft#page/n51/www.cqout.commode/show.asp?u=http%3A//www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg Drawings2up "Ten Days at Toungoo"] by the Rev Dr Marks, Principal of an [[Artillery elephants|elephant battery]] at TongoSt John’s College, Rangoon page 44 ''Mission Field, 1885 with guns loaded on a monthly record of the elephants’ backs, during proceedings of the Society for the Propagation of the [[3rd Gospel at home and abroad 1880'' Archive.org* ''Burma War]] Gazetteer: District'' Series. [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.cqouternet.com/itemdli.asp?id=10168438 CQout2015.com] 206898/page/n3 Originally from ''The GraphicToungoo District Vol A'' Saturday] 1914. Archive.org, October 24, 1885Public Library of India Collection. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}