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Encyclopedia Britannica



JACOBABAD

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 115 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: INV-JED
JACOBABAD , a town of British
India
 , the administrative headquarters of the Upper Sind frontier
district
  in Bombay; with a station on the Quetta branch of the North-Western
rail
 -way, 37 M. from the junction at Ruk, on the
main
  line. Pop. (1901), 10,787. It is famous as having consistently the highest temperature in
India
 . During the month of June the thermometer ranges between 120 and 127 F. The town was founded on the site of the
village
  of Khangarh in 1847 by General John Jacob, for many years commandant of the Sind
Horse
 , who died here in 1858. It has cantonments for a cavalry
regiment
 , with
accommodation
  for caravans from Central
Asia
 . It is watered by two canals. An annual
horse
  show is held in January.


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