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| a city in central Madhya Pradesh, in central India. 533,751. |
| Jab·al·pur (jŭb'əl-pŏŏr') A city of central India south-southeast of Delhi. It is a manufacturing center and rail junction. Population: 951,000. |
Jabalpur
city, central Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Jabalpur lies just north of the Narmada River in a rocky basin surrounded by low hills that are dotted with lakes and temples. On one of the hills stands the Madan Mahal, an old Gond castle. Garha, just west, was the chief city of the four independent Gond kingdoms that arose in the 14th century. Jabalpur was selected as Maratha headquarters in 1781, and it later became the British commission headquarters of Saugor and Narmada territories. It was constituted a municipality in 1864.
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