जमालपुर jamālpur
‘Jamal’s City’ City/District, Bihar (Bih)
Jamalpur was named after the 16thC Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Jamal who has a shrine here and a hospital named after him.
The British built the first rail locomotive workshop here in 1862 which soon become its own foundry and manufacturing site [Article: Railway Locomotive Workshop Jamalpur: The First Railway Workshop of India].
For related place names see Indian Place names and Bihar place names.
