Allagappa

Allagappa
Town
Allagappa

Location in the Sagaing area and in relation to the Irrawaddy River.

Allagappa

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 21°55′46″N 95°29′30″E / 21.92944°N 95.49167°ECoordinates: 21°55′46″N 95°29′30″E / 21.92944°N 95.49167°E
Country  Burma
Region Sagaing Region
District Sagaing District
Township Myinmu Township
Time zone MST (UTC+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]

References

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