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John jacob scouts Jacobabad Sindh
History of Jacobabad
General John Jacob was born on January 11, 1812 in Somerset, England. He was the son of Stephen Long Jacob, a clergyman. He studied at Edscombe School, a national center of the East India Company. Graduates from this school were bound to do a job.
East India
At the age of 16, on January 11, 1828, he assumed his duties as a second lieutenant in the East India Company in Gujarat, India. On May 14, 1836, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and then captain. In 1838, in the first Afghan war, he was appointed as the staff of Khangarh Chowki for the security of an army convoy. After that, he spent a few days in the military camp in Jharkan. He left Sukkur and Shikarpur with the British army. During this time, he stayed in the ancient fort of Bakr for some time, after studying the geography of Sukkur, Bakr and Rohri, he prepared a plan to connect Sukkur and Rohri through a bridge, which later became Lansdowne Bridge.
in Jacobabad
When the British occupied Sindh in 1843, Sir Charles Napier appointed him as a general. He worked to put down the revolt of the tribal chiefs in Khangarh. In 1847, he was appointed as the political superintendent of Khangarh. After some time he changed the name of Khangarh to 'Jacobabad' after his own name. Because of his name on Jacobabad, he was very fond of this city, for the development of which he was constantly striving. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 13 April 1855 and to the rank of colonel on 20 March 1857.
The foundation of the Cattle Show
1857 John Jacob founded the 'Horse and Cattle Show' here, due to the high-bred horses of the region. The Horse and Cattle Show has been held at various times to this day. In which different stalls are set up for horse racing, cattle show and entertainment for common people. Some people think that the leaders of the freedom movement in that city, Mir Inayat Shah Shahpuri, Darya Khan Jakarani, Dilamrad Khan Khoso, Mir Bajar Khan continued to trouble the British government by continuing the guerilla struggle for freedom. He was on high-breed and powerful horses. In this background, John Jacob may have thought that if the good horses of this region were handed over to the British government, then people would not be able to harm the British, so he organized a horse and cattle show to reward good horses. The purpose of giving and buying them should be kept in mind. But the general opinion is that John Jacob was a pioneer in people's sympathy and social welfare. He himself had a thoroughbred horse, which he named Messenger, which died in his lifetime. The grave markers of that horse are available at the Red Crescent Hospital in Jacobabad.
Urban development
Jacobabad Clock Tower, also known as Victoria Tower, was built through the efforts of John Jacob, designed by his lieutenant colonel SS, and local landowners and social organizations on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. It was built with donations. The bell tower is 60 feet high, in the shape of a minaret, which is surrounded by bells on all four sides, which is still there today. John Jacob established colonies here for the accommodation of soldiers. He cleared the forests and jungles of the city and settled the nearby Baloch and other tribes here, apart from this, he also built a pigeon house and a tower, in which pigeons of different species were reared, which were used to deliver letters. This pigeon house is also present in Jacobabad with minor changes. During the period of John Jacob, the drug quinine for malaria fever was invented and he used to give tablets of this medicine to such patients, due to which the fever went away. Some simple and weak-minded villagers used to give him the status of a peer.
social work
He strives for social welfare. John Jacob was an intelligent operator, engineer and mechanic. He built a clock in the city, which still tells the time, date, day and moon signs. It's D. It is still present in the residence of C. Jacobabad. This enclosure is installed in a glass enclosure 5 feet above the ground. This circle has two sides. On one side of the screen, the Pakistan Standard Time, the day of the week, the month of the Christian year and the moon date system are kept, under which the shape of the moon can be seen. That is, when the moon is on the first date, it looks like a light crescent, and until the fourth date, the shape of the full moon is visible, and as the date of the moon progresses, this shape decreases again. On the other hand, Greenwich Mean Time can be seen at the same time in this clock. The parts of this gherial are mostly made of metal, which are of different weights, some of which are one kilo, some five kilos, and some are up to ten kilos. There are more than 80 parts of this clock. A bell of historical nature is also installed on top of this gherial, which rings every hour. The pendulum of this pendulum weighs 2.5 maunds and the weight below it is 6 maunds which drives the drop through the chain and the pendulum descends 60 to 70 feet into the well of water and through it the pendulum continues to move. A magnet weighing half a maund is installed in the water well below. This lock has a key like a handle, which is turned by two people and this key remains effective for 15 days. The dial of this watch has two hands for the hours and also has markers for the day of the week.
death
John Jacob died on December 5, 1858 at the age of 46. According to his will, he was buried in the Gora cemetery in Jacobabad.
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