Why is Jammu railway station called Jammu Tawi ?

Jammu-Sialkot Railway Line - Pre Independence Times Before Partition , Dera Baba Nanak was a very important , Highway / Railway line ( with its Railway Cum Road bridge over River Ravi ) linking Delhi /Amritsar / Jullundur routes with another strategic town - Sialkot. From Sialkot the Highway split- to Jammu and via Muzaffarabad ( Jhelum Road to Srinagar . The main highway connecting Jammu and Srinagar ran through Sialkot and Muzzafarabad . 

 

From Sialkot , a narrow gauge train ran ( Via Ranbir Singh Pura ) to Jammu 

 

Old Jammu station ( in a derelict condition ) stills exists on the Right Bank of River Tawi. When , broad gauge railway line was built by India to Jammu , the new Railway station ( on the Left Bank side of the River Tawi ) was named Jammu Tawi . ( Jammu is on the banks of river Tawi )

 

Our deepest condolences

Our deepest condolences to Dr Upinder Singh . my college class mate ,and all the members of her family, on the passing away of her father, Dr Manmohan Singh ji

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Moment of Great Pride

Memorable Moment of Great Pride

Dewan Brij Kumar IFS ( Maternal Uncle - Mamaji of the blog writer) and Mrs. Pushpa ( Maternal Aunt -Mamiji)  with the Pope. Dewan Brij Kumar was India's Ambassador to the Vatican.

( Dewan Sahib went on  to become  India's First  Consul General in Chicago and later India's High Commissioner to Maldives.

 

31 st October Birth Anniversary of Sardar Patel- Bismarck of India

Our Tributes and Gratitude

 

One lesser known point of his contribution to India. India 's Lakshdweep and Minicoy Islands located very very strategically in the Indian Ocean are 100 % Muslim. When , in 1947 , India was being divided on communal lines , Sardar Patel sent an Indian Naval ship to Lakshdweep which raised the Indian Tricolor there. After a few days a Pakistani ship arrived but had to return.

The greatness of Sardar was that unlike Kashmir ( which is only Muslim MAJORITY ) that Sardar Patel never let Lakshdweep ever become an Issue.-

Had Sardar 's views prevailed there would not have been any Kashmir problem and India would not have surrendered abjectly in Tibet. With Tibet existing as an independent nation , there would not have been any hostile Chinese neighborhood. Sardar Patel had warned Nehru against the Chinese designs on Tibet and the repercussions it would have on India..

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Separatists and Pro Pakistan politicians in Kashmir valley would have been very effectively dealt with by Sardar Patel.

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Sardar Patel placed the interests of his country above every thing . He did not encourage his children to interfere in state matters and , he did not leave behind a dynasty.He was the true " Iron Man of India ) and after Mahatma Gandhi , Gujarat 's ( then Bombay Presidency ) biggest gift to India.

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