Jahanabad Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Jahanabad Town
Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in Gaya District, Bengal, situated in 25*^ 13' N. and 85° o' E., at the confluence of the Morhar (or Dardha) and Jamuna rivers, on the Patna-Gaya road and on the Patna-Gaya branch of the East Indian Railway. Population (190 1), 7,018. It was once famous for its weaving industry, and in 1 760 it formed one of the eight minor branches connected with the central factory of the East India Company at Patna. In the early years of the nineteenth century the town contained about 700 houses, a cloth factory, and a native agency for the manufacture of saltpetre. The manufacture of cotton cloth has now been displaced by Manchester goods, but large numbers of the Jolaha or Muhammadan weaver class still live in the neighbourhood. The trade consists chiefly of food-grains, oilseeds, piece-goods, and fancy articles of European manufacture. The town contains the usual public offices ; the sub-jail has accommodation for 70 prisoners.
