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, 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