Rangoon
| Rangoon | |
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| Presidency: Bengal Presidency | |
| Coordinates: | 16.868878°N 96.236255°E |
| Altitude: | 26m (85 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Yangon |
| State/Province: | Yangon Division |
| Country: | Burma |
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Rangoon, in what was formerly known as Lower Burma, was the capital of British Burma from 1885 and a separate district in Pegu Division during the British period. It was also the headquarters of Hanthawaddy District.
History
Rangoon came under British rule in the 1850s and was transformed into a busy commercial port. It became the capital of British Burma after Upper Burma was captured in the 3rd Burma War, making overland access from the rest of British India possible.
Military history
- Occupation of Rangoon 1824, part of the 1st Burma War
- Battle of Rangoon 1852, part of the 2nd Burma War
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Yangon
Variants: Rangoon
Maps
- Map of Rangoon 1912 from the Historical Maps of Asia Collection, University of Texas, Austin
Cemeteries
- The English Cantonment Cemetery (Scroll down) from Steve Fogden’s “ Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943”
External links
- Rangoon Love to Know 1911
- Rangoon City Imperial Gazetteer
- Map of Rangoon 1909 Imperial Gazetteer
- Holy Trinity Cathedral - Rangoon – 1886 flickr.com
- Photographs of colonial buildings in Yangon taken mid 2012 from the website of photographers Jacques Maudy and Jimi Casaccia with the article Burma: Visionary Photographers Train Cameras On Yangon’s Colonial Buildings Eurasia Review August 2, 2012
- A Fading Yangon Captured in Photos with a Slideshow September 13, 2012 Wall Street Journal Life and Style: Scene Asia
