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

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