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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://canttboardjabalpur.org.in/english/history.php Jabalpur Cantonment Board History]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/2014050304210920110508175202/http://www.rakeshsinghazbilliards.org:80com/pagessnooker/JPCityhistory.aspx Jabalpur: Where html "The History And Development Of Snooker was conceived"], now quoting an archived webpage. It is generally accepted article from ''The Billiard Player'' of April 1939 by Compton Mckenzie (should be Mackenzie) that a 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"] (no relation to the World War II Prime Ministersnookerheritage.co.uk) conceived the game in the British Army Officer's Mess in which casts doubts on Jubbulpore, India, in 1875indicating that [[Ootacamund]] is more likely.
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