Jamkhandi State was one of the princely states of British India.[1] Its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.
The town of Kundgol, which is in the neighboring district of Dharwar, was a non-contiguous part of Jamkhandi state until Jamkhandi merged into Indian Union.
The name was derived from Jambukeshwar temple. The temple itself got the name because it was deep inside a blueberry (Jambul in Marathi, Nerale Hannu in Kannada, Jamun in Hindi) forest. Today, a primary school (Swami vivekanand english medium school and Nutan Vidyalaya Kannada Gandu Makkala Shale ನೂತನ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಶಾಲೆ in Kannada) functions from the temple precinct.
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