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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamalpur,_Munger#Railway_workshop Railway workshop]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamalpur,_Munger#Railway_workshop Railway workshop]
*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html  "On Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"], by Blair Williams ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 6, Number 2, 2001
*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html  "On Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"], by Blair Williams ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 6, Number 2, 2001
*[http://www.pricewebhome.co.uk/Docs/Price/Railways/Railways.htm Railway Colonies in India] by John Alton Price. Includes his time in Jamalpur with the Army in 1942. From his family website.
*[http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/jamalpur.html  Jamalpur Workshops] irfca.org
*[http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/jamalpur.html  Jamalpur Workshops] irfca.org
*[http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/09/jamalpur-railway-workshops-1897-part-1.html Jamalpur Railway Workshops 1897 Part 1] , [http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/09/jamalpur-railway-workshops-1897-part-2.html Jamalpur Railway Workshops 1897 Part 2] oldindianphotos.in
*[http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/09/jamalpur-railway-workshops-1897-part-1.html Jamalpur Railway Workshops 1897 Part 1] , [http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/09/jamalpur-railway-workshops-1897-part-2.html Jamalpur Railway Workshops 1897 Part 2] oldindianphotos.in

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Situated 299 miles from Calcutta, "Jamalpur is the head-quarters of the locomotive department of the East Indian Railway and contains the largest manufacturing workshops in India". (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908)

The Locomotive workshops were established in 1862. On 15 January 1934, the workshops along with the entire railway colony were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild the facility.

Spelling variants

Jamalpur, Jamalpore

Also see

External links

Historical books online