Toungoo
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.
Spelling variants
Modern name Taungoo
Other variants: Toungoo, Tonngoo, Tounghoo, Toung-Ngoo
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