Flying Together 5- Sudan

The British planned the city of Khartoum in the form of the British Flag the Union Jack. It has
been said by some that Kitchener chose the original road layout so that it resembled the Union
Jack of the British flag. A more likely reason for this design was that it allowed maxim guns to be
placed at junctions that covered several streets simultaneously.
Sir Reginald Wingate, took over in 1988. Like all other colonies the with the British, they went
about modernizing Sudan in communication, travel and Education. They built railways, telegraph,
and steamer services. They developed Gezirah as the world's best cotton county. In i898 Lord
Kitchener of Britain proposed founding a college in the memory of Gordon of Khartoum, who was
killed in the Battle of Khartoum. Gordon Memorial College. The 0 /