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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 115 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JACOBABAD  , a

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

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