Which city is known as the birthplace of snooker in Madhya Pradesh?

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Snooker was invented in 1875 at the officers\' mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Lieutenant Neville Chamberlain, a British Army officer, created the game by modifying existing cue sports. The term \"snooker\" originated as British Army slang for new recruits. Although the game gained wider prominence later in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, its origins trace back to Jabalpur. A snooker table from that era is preserved at the Ooty Club.

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Jabalpur Snooker was invented in 1875 at the officers\' mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Lieutenant Neville Chamberlain, a British Army officer, created the game by modifying existing cue sports. The term \"snooker\" originated as British Army slang for new recruits. Although the game gained wider prominence later in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, its origins trace back to Jabalpur. A snooker table from that era is preserved at the Ooty Club.

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