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| style = Indian Railways | | style = Indian Railways | ||
| type = [[Express train|Express]] and [[Passenger train|passenger]] station | | type = [[Express train|Express]] and [[Passenger train|passenger]] station | ||
| image = | | image = Deendayalmughalsaraijn.png | ||
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| image_caption = | | image_caption = Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction | ||
| address = [[Mughalsarai]] – 232101, [[Uttar Pradesh]] | | address = [[Mughalsarai]] – 232101, [[Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
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| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh#India | | map_type = India Uttar Pradesh#India | ||
| map_caption = Location in [[Uttar Pradesh]]##Location in India | | map_caption = Location in [[Uttar Pradesh]]##Location in India | ||
| map_dot_label = | | map_dot_label = Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
The [[East Indian Railway Company]] started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. This was the second biggest railway station after Gaddar, near Karachi (in Pakistan now) which was constructed during the British rule in 1862. Famously known as the gateway to east India, this junction was set up as part of a project to connect Delhi–Calcutta route by British railway company known as the East Indian Railways. | The [[East Indian Railway Company]] started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. This was the second biggest railway station after Gaddar, near Karachi (in Pakistan now) which was constructed during the British rule in 1862. Famously known as the gateway to east India, this junction was set up as part of a project to connect Delhi–Calcutta route by British railway company known as the East Indian Railways. | ||
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What followed was a long and involved investigation into what the Sangh insisted was a politically motivated murder. A CBI probe called it an accident; two men confessed to pushing him out of the train in a robbery attempt but were acquitted for lack of evidence; there was no sign of struggle or injury on Upadhyay's person. And conspiracy theories about internal power battles in the Sangh still abound. In 1992, then government of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] attempted to rename Mughalsarai after [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]]<ref name="Noorani">{{cite book |last1=Noorani |first1=A.G. |title=Islam, South Asia and the Cold War |date=2012 |publisher=[[Tulika Books]]|url=https://thewire.in/history/deen-dayal-upadhyaya-death-mystery |access-date=5 June 2018|author1-link=A. G. Noorani}}</ref> However, the plan was shelved when [[Kalyan Singh]], the chief minister was forced to resign after an outbreak of violence in the state following the [[Babri Masjid demolition]].<ref name="rename">{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai station is now Deen Dayal Upadhyay station |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mughalsarai-station-now-deen-dayal-upadhyay-1305833-2018-08-05 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=India Today |date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of India]] approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the [[Yogi Adityanath]]-led state government to rename the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai railway station renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: A look at stations that have been renamed recently |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/here-are-the-railway-stations-which-have-been-renamed-recently-4781759/ |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction on 4 June 2018.<ref name="rename"/> | What followed was a long and involved investigation into what the Sangh insisted was a politically motivated murder. A CBI probe called it an accident; two men confessed to pushing him out of the train in a robbery attempt but were acquitted for lack of evidence; there was no sign of struggle or injury on Upadhyay's person. And conspiracy theories about internal power battles in the Sangh still abound. In 1992, then government of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] attempted to rename Mughalsarai after [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]]<ref name="Noorani">{{cite book |last1=Noorani |first1=A.G. |title=Islam, South Asia and the Cold War |date=2012 |publisher=[[Tulika Books]]|url=https://thewire.in/history/deen-dayal-upadhyaya-death-mystery |access-date=5 June 2018|author1-link=A. G. Noorani}}</ref> However, the plan was shelved when [[Kalyan Singh]], the chief minister was forced to resign after an outbreak of violence in the state following the [[Babri Masjid demolition]].<ref name="rename">{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai station is now Deen Dayal Upadhyay station |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mughalsarai-station-now-deen-dayal-upadhyay-1305833-2018-08-05 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=India Today |date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of India]] approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the [[Yogi Adityanath]]-led state government to rename the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai railway station renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: A look at stations that have been renamed recently |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/here-are-the-railway-stations-which-have-been-renamed-recently-4781759/ |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction on 4 June 2018.<ref name="rename"/> | ||
== Electrification == | == Electrification == | ||