Pegu


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Pegu

(pɛˈɡuː)
n
(Placename) a city in S Myanmar: capital of a united Burma (16th century). Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)
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The three accused - Ajit Pegu @ Bikash Pegu (24), s/o of late Kardu Pegu of Baligoah, Pathali Pahar under Bihipuria police station of Assam's North Lakhimpur district; Raju Gurung (25), s/o late DB Gurung of Upper Damsite, Naharlagun; and Gamke Veo (25), s/o late Tuklang Veo of Veo village under Chayang Tajo police station in East Kameng district - were arrested during investigation, and are in judicial custody.
Indeed, Pegu and Ava brought back not just many people; they were also highly skilled--militarily, artistically, literarily, administratively.
Pegu, which granted the CM relief against adverse tax assessment for 2001- 2002 and 2002- 2003.
Of the three flags near the eastern perimeter of the globe, one is too far south (bisecting the Tropic of Capricorn), another is on the north-east coast of India (and most likely meant to mark the Kingdom of Pegu) and the third is on a large portion of land, which could be an island or a peninsula, just north of the Equator, most likely marking Sumatra.
Administrative subdivisions: The country is divided into seven primarily Burman ethnic divisions (tain): Irrawaddy, Bago (Pegu), Magway, Mandalay, Yangon (Rangoon), Sagaing, and Tanintharyi (Tenassarim) and seven ethnic states (pyi nay): Chin State, Kachin State, Kayin (Karen) State, Kayah (Karenni) State, Mon State, Rakhine (Arakan) State, and Shan State.
The Pegu River looked different the following morning.
However, there is sufficient historical evidence to suggest that by the fourteenth century when the Mon capital in Lower Myanmar was moved from Martaban to Pegu (Bago), Dagon's importance as a religious centre increased.
Born in Lisbon of French parents; first went to the East Indies as a cabin boy, and later entered the forces of the king of Arakan (Lower Burma) as a mercenary, and eventually made governor of Syriam for the Arakanese (1600); took personal control of Syriam and traveled to Goa to obtain official Portuguese recognition of his position (1601), returning with the titles "Commander of Syriam" and "General of the conquests of Pegu" (1602); ruled Syriam in virtual independence, allying with the Siamese governor of Pegu to attack and sack Toungoo (1612); quarreled with the Siamese, and so was besieged in Syriam by the king of Ava (on the Irrawaddy, Upper Burma); seized and impaled after the town fell (September?
We covered the retreat of British forces in Burma as Japan threatened to advance within 100 miles of Pegu, a vital spot on the Allies' supply line.

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