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	AllRefer.com - Toungoo, Burma (Myanmar Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Toungoo or Taungu[both: toung´gOO´, toung´OO´] Pronunciation Key, town, S Myanmar, on the Sittoung River.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Toungoo.html (142 words)

	Latest Update (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Toungoo District: Of the over 600 prisoner porters (not counted is the over 850 villagers used in this area to carry loads for the Burma Army), 95 were killed.
		Division 66, MOC 15, MOC 16 and troops from the Southern Command are engaged in attacking the civilian population in Toungoo district.
		Upon her return to Toungoo District, she was riding with a husband and wife in their oxcart when they were stopped by Burma Army soldiers.
	www.twogypsies.com /html/latest_update.html (14871 words)

	Toungoo - LoveToKnow 1911
		TOUNGOO, or Taung-Ngu, a town and district in the Tenasserim division of Lower Burma.
		The town is situated on the right bank of the river Sittang, 166 m.
		The district of Toungoo has an area of 6172 sq.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Toungoo (182 words)

	Karen Human Rights Group \| Reports \| Toungoo district: Civilians displaced by dams, roads, and military control
		In western Toungoo District, the SPDC now stops every truck, car, trishaw and other vehicle at multiple checkpoints along all roads, including the roads between Toungoo and Kler Lah, Toungoo and Zayatkyi, roads along the Sittaung riverbank near Toungoo, and the roads to Rangoon and Mandalay.
		Such responses are extremely rare, however, and SPDC troops throughout Toungoo district are generally free to loot, steal and extort from villagers with complete impunity.
		The survival of villagers in Toungoo District is becoming more and more endangered, and many say that this year is the worst year of SPDC abuse they can remember.
	www.khrg.org /khrg2005/khrg05f7.html (4278 words)

	History of Myanmar - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		To the south, the Mons reestablished themselves at Pegu, and under their king, Dhammazedi (reigned 1472-92), entered a golden age as well, becoming a great centre of commerce and Theravada Buddhism.
		Survivors of the destruction of Ava eventually established a new kingdom centred on Toungoo in 1531 led by Tabinshwehti (reigned 1531-50), who once again unified most of Myanmar.
		History of Myanmar, The Mon, The Pyu, The Pagan Kingdom, Ava and Pegu, The Toungoo Dynasty, The Konbaung Dynasty, War with Britain and the fall of Myanmar, British rule, World War II and Japan, From the Japanese surrender to Aung San's assassination, Independent Burma, Military rule, See also and History of Myanmar.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Myanmar (4140 words)

	History of Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Mingyinyo founded the First Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1599) at Toungoo south of Ava towards the end of the Ava dynasty.
		After the conquest of Ava by Shan invaders in 1527 many Burmans migrated to Toungoo and Toungoo became a new center for Burmese rule.
		Faced with rebellion by several cities and renewed Portuguese incursions, the Toungoo rulers withdrew from southern Myanmar and founded a second dynasty at Ava, the Restored Toungoo Dynasty (1597-1752).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Burma (4332 words)

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		The Burman style was further developed in the great Sulamani temple and culminated in the Gawdawpalin, dedicated to the ancestral spirits of the dynasty, whose exterior is decorated with miniature pagodas and the interior, with extremely lavish, coloured surface ornament.
		King Minkyinyo (1486-1531) of Toungoo is considered the founder of the dynasty which conquered the Mohnyin Shan peoples in northern Myanmar, thus eliminating one element of the fragmentation that had existed in Myanmar since the demise of the Bagan dynasty in 1287.
		The Toungoo dynasty survived for another century and a half, until the death of Mahadammayaza in 1752, but never again ruled all of Myanmar.
	www.mingalaronline.net /websites/Burmese_Kindoms.htm (3271 words)

	FAQs: American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers)
		To each other we were fighter pilots and crews sent to join a fighter group to be headed by Col. Claire L. Chennault, a retired Air Corps officer, for the purpose of protecting the Burma Road and Chinese cities from the unrestricted and indiscriminate bombing and strafing of the Japanese.
		Toungoo was the site of a small R.A.F. base that the British had turned over to the AVG for training.
		At Toungoo every AVG pilot received daily lectures from Chennault starting at 6:00 AM., and specialized flight training in the tactics required to defeat the Japanese with our P-40's.
	www.flyingtigersavg.com /tiger2.htm (15062 words)

	Dick Rossi of the AVG
		With only part of our planes in commission, a shortage of ammunition since most of it was in transit over the Burma Road, and planes being prepared for the trip to China, we were in a vulnerable situation.
		The plan was to fly to Toungoo to refuel and spend the night.
		Then we would leave Toungoo early with enough fuel to handle an alert condition on our arrival at Rangoon if it was necessary.
	home.att.net /~C.C.Jordan/Rossi-AVG.html (3451 words)

	Battles-Burma ROYALTY
		Bayinnaung marched to Toungoo, eliminated a pretender to the throne, and proclaimed himself king; then he marched south, captured the city of Pegu, and executed the rebel leader, Smim Htaw.
		In 1599 Nanda Bayin's brothers, the viceroys of Toungoo, Prome, and Ava, revolted and, after inviting the king of Arakan to join in the fray, besieged Pegu, took Nanda Bayin prisoner, and dismembered the last remnants of Bayinnaung's empire.
		Nanda Bayin's reign had been a series of catastrophes, but this was due less to a lack of energy and initiative on his part than to the overreaching ambition of his father, who had built an empire too large to govern.
	www.usmta.com /Battles-Burma-Royalty.htm (4656 words)

	Amazon.com: Toungoo: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		British capital, in 1866; at Mandalay in 1868; and at Toungoo in 1893.
		Yi's third encounter with comfort women was at Toungoo, during the general retreat.
		The whistle at the station at Toungoo is a dinner bell.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Toungoo&tag=benlopark&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (1175 words)

	The BurmaNet News: March 31, 1999
		This report consists of several parts: this preface, an introduction and executive summary, a detailed description of the situation including quotes from interviews, and finally the full text of most of the interviews and field reports upon which the report is based.
		Villages which are slow in complying with demands for money and forced labour are threatened with having their people and vehicles prohibited from travelling to Toungoo, or with having their homes burned, despite their designation as 'Peace' villages.
		A road already exists from Toungoo to Kler Lah, and they are now continuing this road towards Mawchi along the route of an old pre-war road.
	www.burmalibrary.org /reg.burma/archives/199903/msg00657.html (4125 words)

	Narcotic Drug Eradication Educative Exhibition opened in Tamway
		The Toungoo District Court sentenced each of the two to 20 years' imprisonment under section 19(A) on 30-4-2002.
		Toungoo District Court handed down 20 years' imprisonment on Ma San Aye under Section 19 (A)/21, 25 years' imprisonment and five years' imprisonment on Kyee Sein under Sections 19 (A) and 15 to serve separately and five years' imprisonment on Ma Phyu Phway under Section 15 on 30 April 2002.
		Toungoo Township Court is still hearing the case for Ma Myint Myint Naing as she is only at the age of 14.
	www.myanmar-narcotic.net /heroin/new2002/June2002.html (1241 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to latest reports received by DVB, although the situation is calm in Toungoo, the riots have spread to Swa [north of Toungoo], Pyu [south of Toungoo] and other rural towns.
		The riots in Toungoo started near the Yantha Mosque when a group of Muslim youths that harassed a young Buddhist nun going on her alms collecting rounds clashed with a group of Buddhist youths.
		A Toungoo resident remarked that it is strange for the authorities especially Toungoo-based Southern Military Command to let the riots continue instead of controlling the situation.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=1376 (660 words)

	ICRA International - Actualités
		A report released by the KHRG on Friday, titled 'One year on: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District', says that attacks against the Karen are likely to increase with the end of the rainy season.
		The Free Burma rangers—a grassroots humanitarian group operating in Karen State—released fresh reports from Toungoo District on the weekend, detailing the deaths of more than 50 civilians at the hands of the military in the past few months.
		The group says the number of Burmese military battalions operating in Toungoo District has increased in the past few months, resulting in the construction of a number of new army camps.
	www.icrainternational.org /actualites/330 (630 words)

	Thousands of Karen remain in jungle hideouts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Free Burma Rangers, an organisation which provides medical and educational training to internally displaced people in a variety of areas in Burma, said the Karen had been unable to return to their villages after they were attacked by the Burmese military late last month.
		The group said the Burmese military was continuing patrols in Toungoo and Nyaunglebin and had looted food and supplies hidden in the jungle by fleeing villagers.
		While around 400 have made it to the border, there are still hundreds who are stuck in Toungoo District, Muthraw District, and Karenni State because patrols along roads and trails have blocked them from leaving the area,” the Free Burma Rangers said.
	www.mizzima.com /mizzima/News-Brief/2006/April/01-April-2006-01.htm (234 words)

	Southeast Asian History-Burma Part 2
		Before this time Toungoo had been an independent city-state halfway between Ava and Pegu, settled by Burmese refugees fleeing the Shan raids.
		Naresuen was also involved in the attack, but he arrived too late to share in the looting of Pegu; in fact, his "allies" inflicted a nasty defeat that forced him to flee back to Siam.
		The Toungoo dynasty moved its capital to Ava, where it lasted until 1752, but its kings were weak, and holding the country together was all they could do.
	www.guidetothailand.com /thailand-history/burma2.htm (1106 words)

	KHRG Update 2003-U1: Toungoo District
		Villager porters continue to be forced to walk in front of SPDC soldiers down the Kler Lah-Bu Sah Kee road, and casualties from the landmines on this road are not infrequent.
		No longer able to cope with the constant demands for labour, money, and food, they have opted to flee from their homes to live a nomadic life of subsistence in the jungles, where they are relentlessly hunted by roving SPDC patrols, and where if discovered they are shot on sight.
		They must purchase their rice from deliveries arriving from the plains in the west of Toungoo District because they are not allowed to return to their own plantations and hill fields where they can grow their own.
	www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg2003/khrg03u1.html (2376 words)

	FBR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Toungoo District villages of Klay Soe Kee, Maw Thu Der and Htee Sa Ber.
		State-Karenni Border and Toungoo District- Papun District border, Karen
		On the Toungoo-Mawchi road from Toungoo to the Karenni border there are 2
	www.freeburmarangers.org /News/20040628_fbr_update_toungoo_district_update.htm (167 words)

	History of Burma (Myanmar) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 15th century, the Toungoo Dynasty succeeded again in unifying under Burman rule a large, multi-ethnic kingdom.
		Internal power struggles, and the cost of protracted warfare, led to the eventual decline of the Toungoo.
		The final Burman royal dynasty, the Konbaung, was established in 1752 under the rule of King Alaungpaya.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/burma.html (957 words)

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		Almost every village has been attacked at one time or another and even those able to return to their villages are forced to flee again and again.
		Forced labor and bulldozers are used on this road as the SPDC attempts to complete an all weather road to Mawchi in Karenni State.
		This is the Karen township south of Tantabin Township, Toungoo District, Karen State.
	www.freeburmarangers.org /Reports/20050114.htm (1261 words)

	Journeys Myanmar Historical Timeline
		He was the second monarch of the Toungoo dynasty, which his father, Minkyinyo, had founded in 1486.In 1535 Tabinshwehti began a military campaign against the kingdom of Pegu in southern Myanmar, capturing the city of Bassein in the Irrawaddy delta.
		late 16th century), king of the Toungoo dynasty of Myanmar whose reign (1581-99) ended with the dismemberment of the empire established by his father, Bayinnaung.Upon coming to the throne, Nanda Bayin was faced with a rebellion of his uncle, the viceroy of Ava, whom he defeated three years later.
		Two years later he executed the last king of the Toungoo dynasty, which had been founded in 1486.Binnya Dala was eventually deposed by Alaungpaya, the founder of the Myanmarn Alaungpaya dynasty, who captured Pegu in 1757.
	www.journeysmyanmar.com /historical_timeline.htm (4078 words)

	Christian Aid and Development Organisation - ARMS
		These attacks are occurring near the two major SPDC road projects in Toungoo District (Toungoo- Mawchi road and Toungoo- Bus Sa Kee road).
		Of the over 5,000 new IDPs from the ongoing offensive, over 2,200 Karen and Karenni IDPs are in hiding in Toungoo District Karen State, 3,500 Karen and Karenni IDPs are in Muthraw District Karen State and an unknown number of Karenni IDPs have fled north of the Toungoo- Mawchi road.
		North of the Mawchi road, the situation is reported to be as bad as the south but there is so far no reliable information available as the Burma Army has a large concentration of strength there and it is very difficult for relief teams to penetrate.
	www.arms.org.au /article.asp?cg=2&type=1&id=107 (1195 words)

	Burma
		March the Japanese pushed north to Toungoo on the Sittang, obliging the British to evacuate Tharawaddy on the Rangoon-Prome railway on 20
		At Pyu, 35 miles South of Toungoo, the Japanese encountered strong Chinese resistance but by outflanking the Chinese, they cut the Toungoo-Mandalay road, occupying Kyungon on 25th March.
		After evacuating Toungoo, the Chinese regrouped north of the town and launched a counterattack, recapturing Kyungon on 2nd April, which had been occupied by the Japanese on 25th March.
	www.fepow-memorial.org.uk /burma.htm (459 words)

	Narcotic Drug Eradication Educative Exhibition opened in Tamway
		On 23 February, Toungoo District Court sentenced 15 years' imprisonment to Hla Moe under Section l9(A), 12 years' to Ma Aye Aye Myint under Sections 19 (A)/ 21 and four years each to Sai Soe Naing (a) Lu Maw and Myint Win (a) Nyunt Win under Section 15.
		Toungoo District Court heard the case and sentenced Aung Maung and Win Khaing to 20 years' imprisonment each under Section 19(A) and Ma Khin Pyo (a) Ma Pyo to 20 years in prison under Section 19(B).
		Toungoo District Court sentenced Htay Win to 15 years imprisonment for drug trafficking and Daw Kyi to ten years for her involvement.
	www.myanmar-narcotic.net /heroin/new2001/mar2001.html (3500 words)

	Wing Commander K.K. Majumdar, DFC and Bar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Squadron was reached Toungoo airfield on 1 Feb 1942.
		The Japanese Air Force attacked Toungoo the very next day, destroying allied airfield installation and aircraft, only the No.1 Squadrons aircraft were unscathed.
		bombs, the New Zealanders of the No.67 RAF Squadron which was sharing Toungoo, in sheer admiration and respect for this young Indian who was taking on the Japanese, sent an escort of two Buffalo fighters to the Lysander.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/Legends/Majumdar.html (770 words)

	Myanmar News 2001
		In his address, the Secretary-1 said that the opening of a new two-storey building for Toungoo General Hospital means that the government has created a favourable condition which will contribute greatly to the health care of local people residing in the region.
		Toungoo General Hospital has been upgraded from the 150-bed one to the 200-bed one.
		The Beikmandaw was built at a cost of K 197.254 million donated by wellwishers in Toungoo and entrepreneurs.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-2001/myanmar-news-n010828.htm (5318 words)

	Burma (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Recent reports from the jungle: Last night, while we were stopped in a village, a new group of 150 displaced people walked in at dusk.
		Karenni have reported that the Burma Army is building a new road from Mawchi south east to Htee Lay Kee in #1 township of #2 district to serve the new Wolfram mine there.
		The Burma Army has forced the villagers of #2 and # 3 townships of District 2 Karenni to relocate along the Mawchi- Toungoo road and to porter for the Burma Army as well as to build a new army camp 1 mile west of Mawchi at Kaw Ku.
	www.twogypsies.com /html/burma.html (3902 words)

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		Toungoo district, starting from the flat area of the
		Toungoo district is located in Northern Karen State.
		river in Toungoo district is the Sittang River, which is close to the Rangoon-
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	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Burmese army's Karen attacks "worst since 1997"
		There are also reports that a new force of more than 850 Burmese troops from an army camp in Muthey, Mon Township began moving south in three columns on Sunday in what appeared to be a new part of the offensive.
		Meanwhile, further reports have documented incidences of decapitation, the extensive laying of landmines in and around villages and the firing of mortar rounds at civilians in Toungoo Township.
		Although the fighting is taking place less than 60 miles south of Pyinmana in some cases, the KNU believes the new capital has had little to do with the upsurge in attacks, although the bigger troop presence in the area has made skirmishes more likely.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6P884P?OpenDocument (693 words)

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