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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Jangipur
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Jahangirpur, a town of British India, in Murshidabad district, Bengal, situated on the Bhagirathi. Pop. (1901), 10,921. The town is said to have been founded by the Mogul emperor Jahangir. During the early years of British rule it was an important centre of the silk trade, and the site of one of the East India Company's commercial residencies. Jangipur is now best known as the toll station for registering all the traffic on the Bhagirathi. The number of boats registered annually is about 10,000.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Jangipur'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/jangipur.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Jangipur'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/jangipur.html. 1910.
