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.
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.