History
The name Jalgaon is Sanskrit word and the meaning of 'Jalgaon' is (Jal-Gaon) village of water. This name came because of heavy water resources around the town. The name 'Jalgaon Jamod' came because of small village called 'Jamod' near to Jalgaon. The name 'Jamod' is given by Mughal emperors after 1630 AD, when Mughal emperor Shahjahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal was traveling with Shah Jahan's earlier military campaigns. She started facing Pregnancy complications in Jamod which led to death in Burhanpur city near to Jalgaon Jamod, so Mughals called the village as Ja-e-Maut (place of Death). Ja-e-Maut was Persian word later called as Ja'mod or Jamod by rural people. In August 1905 it was part of then Akola District and was transferred to Buldhana district along with Khamgaon tehsil. As per Ain-e-Akbari, it was a Pargana town in the Sarkar (then district) of Narnala of Berar Subah.
Municipality at Jalgaon was established in 1931.
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