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JACOBABAD

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

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

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