Why visit Jamkhandi
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 3 places to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
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About Jamkhandi
Jamakhandi is a city, taluk in Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jamkhandi. It is located 90 km towards west from district headquarters. It is the first princely state to merge in constituent India based on demand to make Jamkhandi as a district.
From the Wikipedia article Jamakhandi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Jamkhandi State was one of the Maratha princely states of British India. It was founded in 1811 and its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency and was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country.
Jamkhandi State was founded in 1811 by Shrimant Gopalrao Patwardhan. He was a descendant of Bramhibhoot Harbhat Buva Patwardhan of Kurandvad Senior State.
The name of the state was derived from Jambukeshwar temple. The temple itself got the name because it was deep inside a Jambul blueberry (Jambul in Marathi, Nerale Hannu in Kannada, Jamun in Hindi) forest. Today, a primary school functions from the temple precinct.
The town of Kundgol, which is in the neighboring Dharwar district, was a non-contiguous part of Jamkhandi State until it merged into the Indian Union on 19 February 1948.
From the History section of Jamakhandi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Jamkhandi
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Getting there and nearby towns
Belgaum Airport (IXG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 102 km away.
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- Terdāl 26 km west, about 26 min by car
- Athani 35 km northwest, about 35 min by car
- Mudalgi 39 km southwest, about 39 min by car
- Bilgi 39 km southeast, about 39 min by car
- Vijayapura 57 km northeast, about 57 min by car
- Sāngli 87 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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