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'''{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Meiktila''', a town in Upper +Myanmar+(Burma situated in 20° 53′ N and 95° 52′ E)/@20.8787527, on the Myingyam branch of the Burma Railway95.8229894,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x30c97b9da79300ef:0x6fda37bfb62d5079!8m2!3d20.8765931!4d95.8601611?hl=en 20.8787527°N, 320 miles from 95.8229894 °E]|altitude= 244 m (799 ft)|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiktila Meiktila]|stateprovince= [Rangoonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_Region Mandalay Division]|country=[[Burma]. and eighty miles south ]|transport=Myingyam branch of the [[MandalayBurma Railway]].}}
There was a cantonment situated there.
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiktila Meiktila] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Meiktila_and_Mandalay Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay] Wikipedia
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'''Meiktila''' was the headquarters of a division and district of the same name in Upper Burma during the British period. There was a cantonment there.
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Meiktila<br>
Variants: Meiktela
==Military history==
There was a POW camp there for Turkish prisoners during WW1, but this was not yet in operation in April 1917.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/reportsonbritish00inteuoft#page/58/mode/2up "New Camp at Meiktila (Burma)"] page 58 ''Reports on British prison-camps in India and Burma, visited by the International Red Cross Committee in February, March and April, 1917'', published 1917 Archive.org</ref>
During WW2, the Japanese were defeated at the Battle of Meiktila in 1945.
==Spelling variantsRelated articles==Meiktila, Meiktela*[[POW Camps in India]]
==Churches==
The Church of England was established in 1891.<ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87] ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref>
==Also seeExternal links==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiktila Meiktila] Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)*[POW Camps in India]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Meiktila_and_Mandalay Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay]Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_280.gif "Meiktila Division"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 17, page 274.*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_281.gif "Meiktila District"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'',Volume 17, page 275.*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_293.gif "Meiktila Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 17, page 287.
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/578/mode/1up The cantonment and town of Meiktila] page 386 ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu
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