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The Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery honours the graves of 3771 Allied POWs who died on this Death Railway. There are many nationalities buried here: British, American, Dutch and Australian. This cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Maing Thauk Village
An even older cemetery from the mid 19th century can be seen, near Inle Lake at Maing Thauk Village once known as Mongsawk Village, situated in some sugar cane fields, soldiers who were not fighting for peace but to colonise the country.. The graves are not under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Bahahdur Shah Zafar Mausoleum
The last Emperor of the Mogul dynasty in India. "Sepoy-Mutiny" in the British regiments, which turned into an all out anti-British War of independence, the Emperor was exiled to Myanmar in 1858 AD.
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