Inya Lake (formerly known as Victoria Lake) is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar, the largest lake in Yangon. It is an artificial lake expanded as a water reservoir in about 1882-1883 to provide water supply in Yangon.^[1] The lake was formed by joining small hills that surrounded creeks that formed during the monsoonal season.^[1] A massive series of pipes and cables distributes water from Inya Lake to Kandawgyi Lake near downtown Yangon. Located north of downtown Yangon and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Inya Lake is bounded by Parami Road on the north, Pyay Road on the west, Inya Road on the southwest, University Avenue on the south, and Gaba Aye Road on the east. Located near the lake's southwestern bank is the Yangon University. Yangon (Burmese: , population 4,082,000 (2005 census), formerly Rangoon, and still known by that name in many circles, see below under History), is the largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and its former capital. ... Shwedagon Paya The Shwedagon Paya is a 98 meter gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. ... Note: You may need a Burmese Unicode Font to see the characters on this page. ...

Much of the shoreline of the lake is on private property. However, public access to the lake is available through Gaba Aye road, and most popularly, through Inya Road and Prome Road, next to the University of Rangoon. PROME, a district in the Pegu division of Lower Burma, with an area of 2QIc sq. ...

The Second Far East Regional Scout Conference was hosted by the University of Rangoon in 1960, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at Inyale Camp on Inya Lake as an ancillary event. Regional badge of the Asia Pacific Scout Region The Asia-Pacific Scout Region (in Japanese アジア・太平洋地域) is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, headquartered in Makati City, Philippines, with satellite offices in Australia and Japan. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A Scout Leader generally refers to the trained adult leader of a Scout unit. ... Car camping is camping in a tent, but nearby the car for easier access and for supply storage Camping is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the campers get away from civilization and enjoy nature by spending one or more nights at a campsite. ...

On March 16, 1988 following the killing of two students during the pro-democracy demonstrations, students marching on Prome Road were confronted near Inya Lake by the Lon Htein security force riot police and many beaten to death or drowned. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 8888 Uprising (Shih lei long; lit. ... Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... Riot control are the measures to control a riot or to break up an unwanted demonstration (usually of protestors). ...

Inya Lake is also the name of a racehorse, the 1998 winner of the Molecomb Stakes.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (1892) Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography. Eyre and Spottiswoode.

• History of Rangoon, B. R. Pearn, American Baptist Missionary Press, 1939
• Scouting 'Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959