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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 19.325°N 95.183056°E |
| Altitude: | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Thayetmyo |
| State/Province: | Magway Division |
| Country: | Burma |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Thayetmyo, a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River, was the headquarters of Thayetmyo District in the Minbu Division of Burma during the British period. A cantonment was built in 1854.
A brief comment that in 1877-8 Thayetmyo was a Frontier Station[1]
Spelling variants
Modern name: Thayetmyo
It is likely that Thayetingo, where British troops were based, is the same place as Thayetmyo.
External links
Thayetmyo Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23 page 354
Historical books on-line
- "Thayet District" , page 728 The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org
- "Thayet-myo", page 770 The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org
- "Annual Sanitary Report of the Station of Thayet Myo, for 1858-59" by J. L. Ranking, Esq., Ex-Officio Sanitary Officer, page 114 Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science Volume 2 1861 Google Books
- "Report of an Epidemic of Cholera at Thayetmyo, British Burmah in 1869, especially with reference to its appearance in the head-quarters and right wing of Her Majesty’s 76th Regiment" by Surgeon WA Thomson, M.B. 76th Regiment, page 392 Army Medical Department Report for the year 1869 Google Books
References
- ↑ Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.