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Govt Names Kalka Mail As Netaji Exp To Mark S C Bose's 125th Birthday
Union Railway Ministry has renamed the Howrah-Kalka Mail as Netaji Express to commemorate 'Parakram Diwas' or the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23. The 130-year-old train is historically relevant considering how Bose used it to escape British imprisonment in 1941. He boarded the Kalka Mail to go Peshawar from where he reached Burma via Afghanistan, Soviet Union and Japan. Currently, the train runs… read-more
Tags: railway minister, Piyush Goyal, Subhash Chandra Bose, kalka mail, Parakram Diwas
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Netaji's Birthday To Be Observed As 'Parakram Diwas': Centre
To commemorate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose, the Centre has announced January 23 would be recognized as 'Parakram Diwas'. Earlier in January, PM Narendra Modi had chaired a meeting to discuss arrangements for Bose's 125th birth anniversary. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to the Union demanding a public holiday for all institutions to mark the freedom fighter's… read-more
Tags: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Parakram Diwas, Narendra Modi
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