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'''Prome''' is a town on was the Irrawaddy River headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_225.gif Prome District] in [[the Pegu Division of Lower Burma]]during the British period. The [[Irrawaddy Flotilla Company ]] built up the town in the late 1800s to provide a shipping base on the river between Upper and Lower Burma.
== Military history ==
Modern name: Pyay<br>
Variants: Pye/Prome<br>
== External links ==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_235.gif Prome Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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