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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pegu Pegu] Love to Know 1911<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_102.gif Pegu Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*British Raj List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2012-12/1356640569 post] by Nick Johnson dated 27 December 2012 about a visit to Pegu/Bago. "...I visited the Anglican Church there which has no BMD registers at all any more (!) and visited the current Anglican Cemetery outside the town of Bago/Pegu. The graves from the original graveyard have been moved at least twice apparently and nothing pre 1946 appears to have survived."
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[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pegu Pegu] Love to Know 1911<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_102.gif Pegu Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>





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Pegu
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 17.32911°N 96.499089°E
Altitude: 15 metres (49 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bago
State/Province: Bago Division
Country: Burma
Transport links
Burma Railway
Sittang Valley State Railway
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places of interest during the British period
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Pegu was the headquarters of Pegu District in the Pegu Division of Burma during the British period.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Pegu/Bago

Military history

Battle of Pegu June 1852
Relief of Pegu Dec 1852

External links

  • Pegu Love to Know 1911
  • Pegu Town Imperial Gazetteer
  • British Raj List post by Nick Johnson dated 27 December 2012 about a visit to Pegu/Bago. "...I visited the Anglican Church there which has no BMD registers at all any more (!) and visited the current Anglican Cemetery outside the town of Bago/Pegu. The graves from the original graveyard have been moved at least twice apparently and nothing pre 1946 appears to have survived."