Allagappa Explained

Allagappa
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map:Burma Sagaing
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Sagaing area and in relation to the Irrawaddy River.
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Sagaing Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sagaing District
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Myinmu Township
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:21.9294°N 95.4917°W
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:+6.30

Allagappa is a small town in Myinmu Township in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma. It is located west of Myinmu, near the northern bank of the Irrawaddy River. It lies in the Allagappa Valley, about 30 miles west of Sagaing city.[1] It is connected by road to the main Monywa to Sagaing road and has a divisional medical centre.[2] Allagappa was occupied in late January 1944 by the 100th Infantry Brigade of the British Indian Army during World War II.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mammalia, Volume 1:Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reginald Innes Pocock. William Thomas Blanford. John Reeves Ellerman. Taylor and Francis. 2nd. 1939. 357.
  2. Book: The Army Medical Services: campaigns, Volume 5. Francis Albert Eley Crew. 1966. History of the Second World War: United Kingdom medical series, H.M.S.O.. 446.
  3. Book: The Frontier Force Regiment. W. E. H. Condon. Gale & Polden. 494. 1962.
  4. Book: Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre:Official history of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War. Bishen Lal Raina. 1964. Combined Inter-services Historical Section, India & Pakistan, 1964. 385.