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'''Jamalpur''' is a suburb of Munger and a Municipality in Munger district in the Indian state of Bihar.<ref name=MoI>{{cite web|title=Jamalpur Map — Satellite Images of Jamalpur|url=http://www.maplandia.com/india/bihar/munger/jamalpur/|publisher=Map of India|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="How to reach Jamalpur">{{cite web|title=How to reach Jamalpur|url=http://www.makemytrip.com/routeplanner/how-to-reach-jamalpur.html|publisher=MakeMyTrip|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> It is the place where [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]] founder [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] was born and spent many years of his life.<ref name="Ghista2011">{{cite book|author=Garda Ghista|title=Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar: Beacon of Hope for Suffering Humanity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7CdecA15nSEC&pg=PA1|date=28 January 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4567-1530-4|pages=1–}}</ref> | '''Jamalpur''' is a suburb (small town) of Munger and a Municipality in Munger district in the Indian state of Bihar.<ref name=MoI>{{cite web|title=Jamalpur Map — Satellite Images of Jamalpur|url=http://www.maplandia.com/india/bihar/munger/jamalpur/|publisher=Map of India|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="How to reach Jamalpur">{{cite web|title=How to reach Jamalpur|url=http://www.makemytrip.com/routeplanner/how-to-reach-jamalpur.html|publisher=MakeMyTrip|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> It is the place where [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]] founder [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] was born and spent many years of his life.<ref name="Ghista2011">{{cite book|author=Garda Ghista|title=Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar: Beacon of Hope for Suffering Humanity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7CdecA15nSEC&pg=PA1|date=28 January 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4567-1530-4|pages=1–}}</ref> | ||
== Location and details == | == Location and details == | ||
Jamalpur is a small town of Munger district of Bihar, India. The word Jamalpur literally means beautiful town (Jamal=beautiful, pur=town). | Jamalpur is a small town of Munger district of Bihar, India. The word Jamalpur literally means beautiful town (Jamal=beautiful, pur=town). | ||
[[File:Jamalpur Satellite view.png|center|500px|thumb|Jamalpur satellite view]] | |||
== Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and Jamalpur == | |||
In 1921 Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was born in Jamalpur and spent first 18 years of his life. In 1939 Sarkar left Jamalpur for Kolkata to attend Vidyasagar College of the University of Calcutta. Sarkar had to quit his studies to support his family after the death of his father, and from 1944 until the early 1950s, Sarkar worked as an accountant at the Indian railways headquarters in Jamalpur, Bihar.<ref name=Ghista2011 /><ref name="Joshi2009">{{cite book|author=Naveen Joshi|title=My Baba|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pL03AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=4 December 2009|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4490-3643-0|pages=91–}}</ref> | |||
In 1955, Shrii Sarkar founded Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha at Jamalpur.<ref name="Garg1992">{{cite book|author=Ganga Ram Garg|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WjDcd0cTFxQC&pg=PA410|year=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-375-7|pages=410–}}</ref><ref name="Tmh2007">{{cite book|author=Tmh|title=Tmh General Knowledge Manual|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nFqw4J3YzccC&pg=RA1-PA151|date=1 March 2007|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-07-061999-9|pages=1–}}</ref><ref name="Walker2007">{{cite book|author=James K. Walker|title=The Concise Guide to Today's Religions and Spirituality|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AMUpn_AK8iQC&pg=PA31|year=2007|publisher=Harvest House Publishers|isbn=978-0-7369-2011-7|pages=31–}}</ref> | |||
== Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha at Jamalpur == | |||
There is a centre of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha at Jamalpur. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||