Delhi’s Oldest Railway Station To Get A Fresh Look Soon

When the British took control of Delhi following the revolt of 1857, it was suggested that instead of Delhi, the proposed railway line connecting Howrah and then Punjab should pass through Meerut.

Aggrieved by the decision, Delhi’s traders, bankers, and aristocrats huddled together to put pressure on the administration not to divert the original alignment. They reasoned that if Delhi was deprived of the facility, it will affect the city’s traders and be unjust to those who invested in the British Indian Railway Companies.

After a lot of persuasion, Charles Wood, the president of the board of control of the English East India Company, reserved the decision and almost 15 years after it was first conceived, the first train chugged into Delhi from Howrah at midnight on New Year’s Eve in 1867. Read More…

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