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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | |presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
| − | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.03455,96.458747&spn=0.1,0.1&q=22.03455°N, 96.458747°E] | + | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.03455,96.458747&spn=0.1,0.1&q= 22.03455°N, 96.458747°E] |
|altitude= 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) | |altitude= 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) | ||
|presentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyin_Oo_Lwin Pyin Oo Lwin] | |presentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyin_Oo_Lwin Pyin Oo Lwin] | ||
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_Division Mandalay Division] | |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_Division Mandalay Division] | ||
|country=[[Burma]] | |country=[[Burma]] | ||
| − | |transport= | + | |transport=[[Mandalay]]-[[Lashio Branch Railway]] of [[Burma Railway]] |
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Maymyo''' was the principal [[Hill station|hill station]] | + | '''Maymyo''' was the principal [[Hill station|hill station]] in Mandalay District, Upper Burma during the British period. |
| − | Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin | + | ==Spelling variants== |
| − | Previous name: Maymyo | + | Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin<br> |
| + | Previous name: Maymyo, and even earlier, Remyo.<ref name=Beth>[http://moncurdg.com/2012/07/24/an-english-girls-first-impressions-of-burmah/ "An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah"] July 24, 2012. See the comments for biographical details of the author and information about Remyo.</ref> | ||
==FIBIS resources== | ==FIBIS resources== | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=701&s_id=212 Maymyo Cemetery] |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://www.pyinoolwin.info/ Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers]. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches. | *[http://www.pyinoolwin.info/ Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers]. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches. | ||
| + | *[http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/10317-empire-of-hills-in-pyin-oo-lwin-a-historian-retraces-the-colonial-past-and-discovers-tourist-pleasures-old-and-new.html "Run for the hills"] by Amaury Lorin 12 May 2014 ''The Myanmar Times''. Retrieved 26 August 2014 | ||
| + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a4036961.shtml “A British Boy in Wartime Burma”] by Richard Hurley BBC-WW2 People’s War. Hurley was a 9 year old boy living in Maymyo when Japanese warplanes attacked in 1942. Retrieved 26 August 2014 | ||
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| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_244.gif "Maymyo Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17'', page 238. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/englishgirlsfirs00elliiala ''An English girl's first impression of Burmah''] by Beth Ellis 1899 Archive.org. The author stayed with her sister and brother-in-law at Remyo. (Biographical details of the author.<ref name=Beth/>) | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:06, 18 December 2020
| Maymyo | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 22.03455°N, 96.458747°E |
| Altitude: | 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Pyin Oo Lwin |
| State/Province: | Mandalay Division |
| Country: | Burma |
| Transport links | |
| Mandalay-Lashio Branch Railway of Burma Railway | |
Maymyo was the principal hill station in Mandalay District, Upper Burma during the British period.
Contents
Spelling variants
Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin
Previous name: Maymyo, and even earlier, Remyo.[1]
FIBIS resources
External links
- Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches.
- "Run for the hills" by Amaury Lorin 12 May 2014 The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014
- “A British Boy in Wartime Burma” by Richard Hurley BBC-WW2 People’s War. Hurley was a 9 year old boy living in Maymyo when Japanese warplanes attacked in 1942. Retrieved 26 August 2014
Historical books online
- "Maymyo Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17, page 238.
- An English girl's first impression of Burmah by Beth Ellis 1899 Archive.org. The author stayed with her sister and brother-in-law at Remyo. (Biographical details of the author.[1])
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah" July 24, 2012. See the comments for biographical details of the author and information about Remyo.
