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जवाहर लाल नेहरु कृषि विश्वविध्यालय
Jabalpur is well connected by National highway-7 (Nagpur-Varanasi)
Broad gauge and meter gauge railway lines and Skeleton air service. It is Divisional
and district headquarter with about 14 lacs population. It is on Deccan Pleatue
with Ht of 393 meters and surrounded on all sides by most ancient basalt rocks
with thick forest all-round having about 1386 mm rainfall. The highest maximum
temperature 46.7 C was recorded on 25th May 1924 and lowest minimum was zero
degree on 29th December 1905.
The topography of
Jabalpur is unique. The city is surrounded by low, rocky, and barren hillocks.
Some of which form a barrier for continuous development of urban form and
restrict inter-links between various parts of the city. Kariapather hillock to
the north-east, Sita Pahad and Kandhari hills to the east, Madan Mahal hills and
rocks outcrops to the south-west. Railway line girding the city like a "horse
shoe" had its due influence in the growth of urban form. The main water
reservoir of Khandari and Pariyat are located to the north-east direction of the
city. Recently water is also drawn from Narmada River by Public Health Dept.
The main crops
are wheat, rice, pulses, oilseeds, maize etc. Nearby is Bargi Dam on the river
Narmada for irrigation, water supply and power generation. The town is surrounded
by several lakes and water tank used for culture in them and in rivers. Besides the
area is rich in limestone, refractory clay, bauxite, iron ore, manganese and other
deposits. Three Cement plants several fireclay refractories lime stone kilns and
good industrial estates nearby. Beside defence factories like GCF, Vehicle
factory, G.I.F. and Ordnance factory depot
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JABALPUR- Is an ancient city in centralIndia situated in the heart of India on shores of holy river Narmada and lying
in plains of tributaries Hiran and Gour
and Ken and Sone. Narmada River valley
having world famous Marble Rocks the y only of its kind in the world where the
whole river flows for nearly 2 Kms. in
between varied coloured and tinted
marble rocks with a deep water fall. Its
cardinal point are 23 degree 10'N
latitude and 79 degree 57' E longitude
with altitude of 393 meters mean sea
level.
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The Balancing
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World
Famous`DHUADHAR' Water Falls
The name is said
to be derived from Saint Jabali Pattanam or Jabal (in Arabic meaning rocks). It
is Geologist and Archeologists paradise as all sorts of rocks and monuments are
present. The excavation by Archeological department dates back to 4000 years and
in 1930 full skeleton of Dinosaur was found. In vedic language and also in
Ramayana and Mahabharat the Tripuri is described (Near Jabalpur) and according
to some ancient historians the Lanka of Ramayana was in this area. The area had
been earlier ruled by Chedies and Kalchuries. The famous temple of 64 yoginies
near Bheraghat marble rocks is testimony of earlier education and civilisation |
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Later the area came under the Gond Princes when in 16th century famous Rani
Durgavati laid down her life fighting the Moghul empire. Thereafter it was ruled
by the Peshwas and then came under British rule and was made headquarter of 12
districts. There was also proposal of shifting Indian capital to Jabalpur which
did not materialise. Clock Tower, Famine Smarak, Soldier's smarak, Townhall, are
memorials of martyrs. The city played vital role during 1857
Mutiny and in Pakistan/China war giving martyrs to nation. A
combined memorial was built recently for civil and defence
service martyrs |
The Madan Mahal Fort |
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THE TRIPURI GANDHI SMARAK |
Politically under
Lokmanya Tilak's direction Jhanda Satyagraha was launched with success (who
visited 3 times) Mahatma Gandhi visited 4 times and famous Congress session was
held at Tripuri (Jabalpur) in 1939 when Late Subhash Chandra Bose was elected
the congress President against the wishes of Mahatma Gandhi. Methodology of two
thoughts to achieve freedom was formulated in the session. A memorial
Kamania gate
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Later Shaheed Smarak and Mahatma Gandhi smarak was erected.
Even after independence this city had been very active politically and produced
politicians like Pt. D.P. Mishra, Seth Govind Das, Pt. Kunjilal Dubey, Shri Parmanandbhai Patel, Smt. Ratna Kumari Devi, Smt. Jayashree Banerjee, Babu Jagmohandas, Babu Manmohandas, Thakur
Laxmansingh Chauhan, Bhawani Prasad Tiwari, Beohar Rajendra Singh, Baburao
Pranjpe etc. |
KAMANIA GATE |
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The
city is fast developing as Health care centre for the region with several Government and
Private Hospitals catering to the public
health needs. Private hospitals have latest state-of-art facilities.
The city transport is mainly by cycle rickshaws besides buses and minibuses, autos etc. There are several Daily Newspapers like
Navabharat, Dainik Bhasker, Naveen
Duniya, Deshbandhu etc. beside The Hitavada and M.P. Chronical.
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The Victoria
Hospital |
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