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in commemoration of Burmese independence from the British in 1948, was installed at the center of the park, replacing the statue of Queen Victoria.The statue of Queen Victoria was brought back to England after Myanmar Independence. The architect of this Independence Monument Sithu U Tin who is the
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was placed in the center of the park in 1896, gifted by a wealthy Armenian firm in Rangoon. After 1935, the park was renamed
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in the north, and is surrounded by some of the important buildings in the area such as the
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same architect for City Hall. The park was remodelled in 2012.
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A view of Fytche Square circa 1895, facing toward Sule Pagoda.
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Mahabandoola Park

Urban park
Yangon
Coordinates
16°46′22.88″N 96°09′34.27″E / 16.7730222°N 96.1595194°E / 16.7730222; 96.1595194
Yangon City Development Committee
Burmese
[məhàbàɰ̃dṵla̰páɰ̃dʑàɰ̃]
public
Yangon
Burma
Maha Bandula Garden Street
Sule Pagoda Road
Konthe Road
Maha Bandula Road
Sule Pagoda
Yangon City Hall
High Court
General Maha Bandula
First Anglo-Burmese War

Chief Commissioner
British Burma
Albert Fytche
Queen Victoria
obelisk

Let's Go Southeast Asia
ISBN

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