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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.933333,96.433333&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=18.933333,96.433333 18.933333°N 96.433333°E] | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.933333,96.433333&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=18.933333,96.433333 18.933333°N 96.433333°E] | ||
|altitude= 49 m (160 ft) | |altitude= 49 m (160 ft) | ||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taungoo Taungoo] | ||
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago_Region Bago Division] | |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago_Region Bago Division] | ||
|country=[[Burma]] | |country=[[Burma]] | ||
|transport= | |transport=[[Burma Railway]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Places of Interest|title=Toungoo|name=Toungoo |link=xxxxx}} | {{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. | '''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. | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name: Taungoo<br> | Modern name: Taungoo<br> | ||
Variants: Toungoo / | Variants: Toungoo/Tonngo/Tongo/Tounghoo/Tonghoo/Toung-Ngoo/Taung-ngu | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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*St John the Baptist Toungoo 1870. Church of England. | *St John the Baptist Toungoo 1870. Church of England. | ||
*St Paul’s Toungoo 1887. Church of England. <ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87] ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref> | *St Paul’s Toungoo 1887. Church of England. <ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87] ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 17 June 2016
| Toungoo | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 18.933333°N 96.433333°E |
| Altitude: | 49 m (160 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Taungoo |
| State/Province: | Bago Division |
| Country: | Burma |
| Transport links | |
| Burma Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Toungoo was the headquarters of 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.
A brief comment that in 1877-8 Tounghoo was a Frontier Station[1]
Spelling variants
Modern name: Taungoo
Variants: Toungoo/Tonngo/Tongo/Tounghoo/Tonghoo/Toung-Ngoo/Taung-ngu
History
Battle of Tounghoo 1853
Churches
- St John the Baptist Toungoo 1870. Church of England.
- St Paul’s Toungoo 1887. Church of England. [2]
External links
- Toungoo Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 433
- Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. old-print.com (archived page) Originally from The Graphic Saturday, October 24, 1885
Historical books on-line
- "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
- "Toung-Ngoo" The British Burma Gazetteer, page 806, published 1879 Archive.org
- "Ten Days at Toungoo" by the Rev Dr Marks, Principal of St John’s College, Rangoon page 44 Mission Field, a monthly record of the proceedings of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at home and abroad 1880 Archive.org
- Burma Gazetteer: District Series. Toungoo District Vol A 1914. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
References
- ↑ Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.
- ↑ Page 87 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University