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JANGIPUR, or JAHANGIRPUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JANGIPUR, or JAHANGIRPUR  , a
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town of
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British
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India, in
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Murshidabad
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district,
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Bengal, situated on the Bhagirathi . Pop . (1901), 10,921 . The town is said to have been founded by the
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Mogul
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emperor
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Jahangir . During the
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early years of British
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rule it was an important centre of the
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silk
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trade, and the site of one of the
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East India
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Company's commercial residencies .
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Jangipur is now best known as the
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toll station for registering all the
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traffic on the Bhagirathi . The number of boats registered annually is about 10,000 .

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