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==Poisoning by servants==
==Poisoning by servants==
Mr. Lillywhite, telegraph-master, and his family were poisoned with arsenic by disgruntled servants c 1899, at Mandalay, which was reported in a newspaper, probably the ''Times of Burma'', available at the British Library. <ref>White, Phillip.[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india-british-raj.rootsweb.com/thread/1165872/ British-Raj Digest, Vol 6, Issue 65] ''Rootsweb India British Raj Mailing List'' 3 April 2011. There are other related posts shortly before this date. Retrieved 29 July 2019.</ref>
Mr. Lillywhite, telegraph-master, and his family were poisoned with arsenic by disgruntled servants c 1899, at Mandalay, which was reported in a newspaper, probably the ''Times of Burma'', available at the British Library. <ref>White, Phillip.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221343/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india-british-raj&thread=1165872 British-Raj Digest, Vol 6, Issue 65] ''Rootsweb India British Raj Mailing List'' 3 April 2011. There are other related posts shortly before this date, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201221221701/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?searchemails=Lillywhite&listname=india-british-raj scroll down]. Archived links.</ref>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 22:33, 21 December 2020

Mandalay
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 21.5830 °N, 96.50 °E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mandalay
State/Province: Mandalay Division
Country: Burma
Transport links

Mandalay is a city in Burma on the Irrawaddy River. It was a British possession from 1885 until its independence in 1948. It was the location of a cantonment, also known as Fort Dufferin.

History

Mandalay was annexed by the British in 1885 at the end of the 3rd Burma War. The city fell after the Battle of Mandalay on the 28th November.

Railways

Churches

  • Christ Church, Mandalay 1873. Church of England. [1]

Poisoning by servants

Mr. Lillywhite, telegraph-master, and his family were poisoned with arsenic by disgruntled servants c 1899, at Mandalay, which was reported in a newspaper, probably the Times of Burma, available at the British Library. [2]

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Page 87 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University
  2. White, Phillip.British-Raj Digest, Vol 6, Issue 65 Rootsweb India British Raj Mailing List 3 April 2011. There are other related posts shortly before this date, scroll down. Archived links.