Moulmein
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 16.484722°N 97.625833°E |
| Altitude: | 226 m (742 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mawlamyine |
| State/Province: | Mon State |
| Country: | Burma |
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Moulmein was the headquarters of Amherst District in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was the capital of British Burma between 1826 and 1852, having fallen under British control after the 1st Burma War.
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Modern name: Mawlamyine]
Variants: Mawlamyaing/Moulmein/Maulmain
External links
- Moulmein Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Photograph: Maulmain Cantonments shewing the Church of England from Photographs of British Burma and the Straits, 1876-7-8-9. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University.
- Photographs: Moulmein : British Tombstones greatmirror.com. Website of Bret Wallach, Professor of Geography, University of Oklahoma
