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Toungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry ...

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, signature = Min Phaungga ( my, မင်းဖောင်းကား, ) was viceroy of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1383 to 1397.

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According to the regional chronicle '' Toungoo Yazawin'', he was a commoner born in

, a village near then capital

Pinya Pinya ( my, ပင်းယ), or Vijayapura, was the capital of the Kingdom of Pinya, located near Ava, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It was the residence of the Pinya dynasty who ruled this part of central Myanmar from 1313 to 1365.Hmannan Vol. 1 20 ...

.Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 25 His personal name is unknown. The name he is known by "Min Phaungga" simply means Lord from Phaungga. He later moved to

(Taungoo) where he served in the regional administration there, rising to become a senior official by the early 1380s in the administration of Viceroy

. In 1383,The ''Toungoo Yazawin'' chronicle (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 24–25) says he seized the office in 745 ME (30 March 1383 to 28 March 1384), after which he submitted to Swa Saw Ke of Ava, and sent a mission to Binnya U of Pegu. But since Binnya U was already dead by 2 January 1384 per (Pan Hla 2005: 156), Phaungga's mission most probably took place sometime in mid/late 1383. Phaungga assassinated Sokkate, who did not have a good relationship with his overlord King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. (Sokkate himself had come to power by assassinating his brother-in-law Pyanchi II four years earlier).Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 24 Phaungga quickly submitted to Swa Saw Ke, who in turn appointed Phaungga viceroy. Phaungga also sent a diplomatic mission to King

Binnya U Binnya U ( mnw, ဗညာဥူ, my, ဗညားဦး, ; also known as Hsinbyushin; 1323–1384) was king of Martaban–Hanthawaddy from 1348 to 1384. His reign was marked by several internal rebellions and external conflicts. He survived th ...

of Hanthawaddy. Despite his mission to

Pegu Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon langua ...

(Bago), he contributed to his overlord Swa's war effort against Hanthawaddy (1385–1391), which ended in an uneasy truce. His frontier state did not see any more wars except for occasional raids from eastern

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. ''Toungoo Yazawin'' states that he was en route to Ava (Inwa) to attend a royal conference, and had to rush back to Toungoo because of a Shan incursion. He repaired and constructed several irrigation works, and built new settlements around Toungoo to house increased population. He died in 1397, and was succeeded by his son Saw Oo.

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