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18 unusual facts about Inwa


Bagyidaw

In 1812, his first queen Princess Hsinbyume died of childbirth in Mingun near Ava.

Battle of Goteik Gorge

The Chinese victory cleared the way for the main Chinese army to Ava, the Burmese capital.

Battle of Prome

With a large portion of the Burmese army dispersed at Prome, the British army led by Campbell advanced toward Ava unimpeded until they encountered a stockaded defense at Bagan.

The British army's subsequent march toward north threatened Ava, which led to peace negotiation by the Kingdom of Burma.

Fakir of Ava

He would wear dark makeup, exotic clothing, and claim to come from Ava in Burma.

Henry Burney

From 1829 Burney was the British resident envoy to King Bagyidaw's court at Ava in Burma where he successfully negotiated the return of the Kabaw Valley from Manipur to Burma.

John Taylor Jones

Rev. Jones informed Roberts that Major Burney, the British ambassador at the court of Ava who had six years previously negotiated the Burney Treaty, told Rev. Jones that Americans were decidedly preferred to any other foreigners.

Kyansittha

Unable to blockade the fortified walls of Pagan, his army drifted north to near the present-day Ava (Inwa).

Min Shin Saw

The prince and his followers settled near today's Ava, a few miles northeast of Pagan.

Minhla Minkhaung Kyaw

In 1752, Kaung joined his friend Aung Zeya's fledgling resistance force to resist the occupation armies of the southern kingdom of Hanthawaddy, which had toppled the Toungoo Dynasty at Ava (Inwa).

Minkhaung Nawrahta

In 1752, Ton responded to his friend and village chief Aung Zeya's call to resist the occupation armies of the southern kingdom of Hanthawaddy, which had toppled the Toungoo Dynasty at Ava (Inwa).

The rebel general seized Ava in June 1760, and withstood the siege for over five months.

Muay Thai

Among them were a large number of kickboxers, who were taken to the city of Ava.

Ne Myo Thihapate

The Burmese gains did not last long as Hsinbyushin ordered most of the Burmese troops in late 1767 to return in the face of the Chinese invasion that threatened Ava.

Second Anglo-Burmese War

He decided that to dictate terms to the Court of Ava by marching to the capital was not how the war should be conducted unless complete annexation of the kingdom was contemplated and this was deemed unachievable in both military and economic terms for the time being.

The war resulted in a revolution in Amarapura although it was then still called the Court of Ava, with Pagan Min (1846–1852) being overthrown by his half brother Mindon Min (1853–1878).

Singu Min

Singu was born Min Ye Hla, the eldest son to Prince of Myedu (later King Hsinbyushin) and his first wife at the Royal Palace in Ava on 10 May 1756.

Ten Great Campaigns

The third invasion (1767–1768) led by the elite Manchu Bannermen nearly succeeded, penetrating deep into central Burma within a few days' march from the capital, Ava.


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