Inya Lake
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Inya Lake (formerly known as Victoria Lake) is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar, the largest lake in Yangon. It is an artificial lake expanded as a water reservoir in the 1800s to provide water supply in Yangon.[1] The lake was formed by joining small hills that surrounded creeks that formed during the monsoonal season.[1] A massive series of pipes and cables distributes water from Inya Lake to Kandawgyi Lake near downtown Yangon. Located north of downtown Yangon and the Shwedagon Paya, Inya Lake is bounded by Parami Road to the north, Pyay Road to the west, Gaba Aye Road to the east, and University Avenue Road to the south. Located near the lake's southwestern bank is the Yangon University.
The Second Far East Regional Scout Conference was hosted by the University of Rangoon in 1960, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at Inyale Camp on Inya Lake as an ancillary event.
On March 16, 1988 following the killing of two students during the pro-democracy demonstrations, students marching on Prome Road were confronted near Inya Lake by the Lon Htein security force riot police and many beaten to death or drowned.
Inya Lake is also the name of a racehorse, the 1998 winner of the Molecomb Stakes.
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- ^ a b (1892) Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
- Scouting 'Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959
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