20 Facts About Jabalpur

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Jabalpur, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Jabalpur is an important administrative, industrial and business center of Madhya Pradesh.

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Jabalpur's was well aware of the importance of water conservation and hence she built more than 85 ponds in Jabalpur, mainly Ranital, Haathital, Madhatal and Hanumantal.

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Jabalpur has a humid subtropical climate typical of north-central India .

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Jabalpur has a variety of industries largely based in mineral substances of economic value found in the district, although the ready-made garments industry is a substantial portion of production in Jabalpur.

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Vehicle Factory Jabalpur was started as a manufacturer of trucks and other defence vehicles.

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Jabalpur is the army headquarters of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Orissa.

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Jabalpur is an important divisional headquarters, having eight districts: Jabalpur, Seoni, Mandla, Chhindwara, Narsimhapur, Katni, Dindori, Balaghat.

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Jabalpur has the headquarters of the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board, Homeguards, and many other state and central government offices.

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Jabalpur is divided into eight zones, each consisting of several wards.

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Jabalpur is the divisional headquarters for eight districts: Jabalpur, Seoni, Mandla, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Katni, Dindori and Balaghat.

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12.

Jabalpur Cantonment is one of the largest cantonments in India.

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Jabalpur is an important tourism city in Madhya Pradesh and central India.

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Notable sites in Jabalpur include Hanumantal Bada Jain Mandir, Jabalpur Madan Mahal, Dhuandhar Falls, Chausta -Yogini, Gwarighat and various ghat and Marble Rocks in Bhedaghat, Balancing rock near Madan Mahal Fort and the Shiv Statue at Kachnar City.

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Kachnar city in Jabalpur is known for a 23-metre-high Shiva statue housing a cavern with replicas of Shiva lingas from 12 shrines nationwide.

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Jabalpur city has the divisional headquarters of the railways besides having the zonal headquarter of the West Central Railway .

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Jabalpur is connected by road to Varanasi, Damoh, Sagar, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jaipur, Kota, Raipur, Prayagraj, Hyderabad, Bilaspur and Bangalore.

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Jabalpur became a centre of higher education by the end of the 19th century, with institutions such as the Hitkarini Sabha, established by local citizens in 1868, and Robertson College was established in Sagar in 1836 and moved to Jabalpur in 1873.

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Government Engineering College, Jabalpur was the first technical institution in Central India to be established by the British.

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Jabalpur is known for many universities such as Rani Durgavati University, Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University and Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Indian Council of Medical Research-NIRTH.

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