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Jamalpur, Modern name: Jabalpur<br>Variants: Jamalpore
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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Jamalpore, Railway Station.jpg
|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/25°18'00.0%22N+86°30'00.0%22E/@25.3,86.5,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d25.3!4d86.5?hl=en 25.3°N 86.5°E]|altitude= 151 m (495 ft)|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamalpur,_Munger Jamalpur]wikipedia
|stateprovince= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar Bihar, Bengal] wikipedia
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[East Indian Railway]]
}}
'''Jabalpur''' was the headquarters of the subdivision of Monghyr District during the British period.<br>
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)
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===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_049.gif Jamalpur Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 14, page 43 (1908)
*[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/railway/index.html ''Among the Railway Folk''] by Rudyard Kipling 1888. Web edition published by eBooks@Adelaide.
**Article [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_railwayfolk_intro.htm Among the Railway Folk] from Kipling.org.uk
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