Thayarwady District In Bago Region
Tharrawaddy may refer to: * Tharrawaddy Min (1787–1846), 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma, 1837–1846 * Tharrawaddy District, a district of Bago Division, Myanmar ** Tharrawaddy Township ** Tharrawaddy, Myanmar Tharrawaddy (, also spelt Thayarwaddy) is a city in western Bago Region of lower Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tharrawaddy District and Tharrawaddy Township. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north of Y ...

Tharrawaddy Min
Tharrawaddy Min (, ; 14 March 1787 – 17 November 1846) was the 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. He repudiated the Treaty of Yandabo and almost went to war with the British. Brief Tharrawaddy was born Maung Khin to Crown Prince Thado Minsaw (son of King Bodawpaya) and Princess Min Kye on 14 March 1787. When his elder brother Bagyidaw ascended the throne in 1819, Tharrawaddy was appointed Heir Apparent. As crown prince, he fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War. In February 1837, he raised the standard of rebellion after escaping to Shwebo, the ancestral place of the Konbaung kings. Tharrawaddy succeeded in overthrowing Bagyidaw who abdicated on 30 April 1837. Tharrawaddy ascended the throne on the same day.Konbaung Set Vol. 2 2004: 368 Princess Min Myat Shwe, a granddaughter of Hsinbyushin, whom he married in 1809, was crowned as his chief queen (''Nanmadaw Mibaya Hkaungyi''). In 1841, King Tharrawaddy donated a 42-ton bell called the Maha Tissada Gandha Bell ...
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Tharrawaddy District
Tharrawaddy or Thayarwady District () is a district of the Bago Division in central Burma (Myanmar). The capital lies at Tharrawaddy, Burma. Townships The district contains the following townships: # Tharrawaddy Township #Letpadan Township Letpatan Township () is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma.

Tharrawaddy Township
Tharrawaddy Township is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is Tharrawaddy.

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