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*[http://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk/index.php/1914/12/nairne-barracks/ Nairne Barracks, Jubbulpore] 5 December 1914. From the diary of Sgt Frank William Critchley, 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. www.voyagetoindia.co.uk
*[http://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk/index.php/1914/12/nairne-barracks/ Nairne Barracks, Jubbulpore] 5 December 1914. From the diary of Sgt Frank William Critchley, 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. www.voyagetoindia.co.uk
*[http://canttboardjabalpur.org.in/english/history.php Jabalpur Cantonment Board History]
*[http://canttboardjabalpur.org.in/english/history.php Jabalpur Cantonment Board History]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140503042109/http://www.rakeshsingh.org:80/pages/JPCity.aspx Jabalpur: Where Snooker was conceived], now an archived webpage. It is generally accepted that a Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain (no relation to the World War II Prime Minister) conceived the game in the British Army Officer's Mess in Jubbulpore, India, in 1875.  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110508175202/http://www.azbilliards.com/snooker/history.html "The History And Development Of Snooker"] quoting an article from ''The Billiard Player'' of April 1939 by Compton Mckenzie (should be Mackenzie) that snooker was invented at Jubbulpore in the year 1875 by Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain, then a young subaltern in the Devonshire Regiment
: [https://www.snookerheritage.co.uk/normans-articles/days-of-old/origins-of-snooker/ "Origins of Snooker"] (snookerheritage.co.uk) which casts doubts on Jubbulpore, indicating that [[Ootacamund]] is more likely.  


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 04:59, 28 December 2020

Jubbulpore
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 23.16527°N, 79.945545°E
Altitude: 1,393 m (4,570 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Jabalpur
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Bengal-Nagpur Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Jubbulpore]



Jubbulpore was the headquarters of Jubbulpore District in the Jubbulpore Division of Central Provinces during the British period.

The town was the meeting point in 1871 for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (616 miles from Bombay) and the East Indian Railway (220 miles from Allahabad), and the completion of the first Bombay-Calcutta trunk railway line.

It had large Railway Workshops, employed a large number of people to work the railway and was an important Railway Colony.[1]

There was a cantonment at Jubbulpore.

It is the location of the Gun Carriage Factory, the oldest Ordnance factory in Central India, commenced 1904.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Jabalpur
Variants: Jubbulpore, Jubbalpore, Jubbelpore, Jubblepore, Jabbalpore, Jabbelpore, Jabbulpore, Juppulpore, Juppalpore

FIBIS resources

External links

"Origins of Snooker" (snookerheritage.co.uk) which casts doubts on Jubbulpore, indicating that Ootacamund is more likely.

Historical books online

References

  1. "Railway Colonies in India" by John Alton Price, now an archived page.