Thayetmyo
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 19.325°N 95.183056°E |
| Altitude: | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Thayetmyo |
| State/Province: | Magway Division |
| Country: | Burma |
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Thayetmyo, a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River, was the headquarters of Thayetmyo District in the Minbu Division of Burma during the British period. A cantonment was built in 1854.
A brief comment that in 1877-8 Thayetmyo was a Frontier Station[1]
Spelling variants
Modern name: Thayetmyo
It is likely that Thayetingo, where British troops were based, is the same place as Thayetmyo.
External links
Historical books on-line
- Thayetmyo Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23 page 354
- "Thayet District" , page 728 The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org
- "Thayet-myo", page 770 The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org
- "Annual Sanitary Report of the Station of Thayet Myo, for 1858-59" by J. L. Ranking, Esq., Ex-Officio Sanitary Officer, page 114 Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science Volume 2 1861 Google Books
- "Report of an Epidemic of Cholera at Thayetmyo, British Burmah in 1869, especially with reference to its appearance in the head-quarters and right wing of Her Majesty’s 76th Regiment" by Surgeon WA Thomson, M.B. 76th Regiment, page 392 Army Medical Department Report for the year 1869 Google Books
- Thayetmyo page 252 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University
References
- ↑ Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer, page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.