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Up until 1893, Toungoo was an important cantonment. | 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> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/44/mode/2up/search/Tounghoo Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer], page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.</ref> | |||
==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name Taungoo<br> | Modern name Taungoo<br> | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo Taungoo] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.cqout.com/show.asp?u=http%3A//www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg Drawings] of an [[Artillery elephants|elephant battery]] at Tongo, 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs, during the [[3rd Burma War]] [http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=10168438 CQout.com] Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885 | *[http://www.cqout.com/show.asp?u=http%3A//www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg Drawings] of an [[Artillery elephants|elephant battery]] at Tongo, 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs, during the [[3rd Burma War]] [http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=10168438 CQout.com] Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885 | ||
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Revision as of 06:52, 30 December 2011
Toungoo , in Lower Burma , 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
Other variants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, Tongo, Tounghoo, Toung-Ngoo, Taung-ngu
History
Battle of Tounghoo 1853
External links
- "Toungoo Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 433.
- "Toung-Ngoo" The British Burma Gazetteer, page 806, published 1879 Archive.org
- Taungoo Wikipedia
- Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, 1885 with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs, during the 3rd Burma War CQout.com Originally from The Graphic Saturday, October 24, 1885
References
- ↑ Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.