India's first railway station: Where country’s first train journey started
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India's first railway station: Where country’s first train journey started

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Image Source : Facebook 1/8 Bori Bunder railway station, located in Mumbai, Maharashtra was the first railway station in India. Image Source : X 3/8 On April 16, 1853, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway launched India's first passenger train from Bori Bunder to Thane. Image Source : Facebook 5/8 The station was subsequently renamed as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in 1996 after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Image Source : Social media 6/8 In December 2016, the Fadnavis government passed a resolution to rename the station to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

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New Year: Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station welcomes 2025 in unique style
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New Year: Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station welcomes 2025 in unique style

Live Mint  

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Maharashtra govt plans renaming of Mumbai railway stations, Ahmednagar city
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Maharashtra govt plans renaming of Mumbai railway stations, Ahmednagar city

India TV News  

In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has proposed changing the names of eight Mumbai local railway stations and the city of Ahmednagar. Mumbai Central will be renamed Nana Jagannath Shankarsheth Station. Marine Lines will be renamed Mumba Devi Station. Historical context This initiative follows previous renaming efforts in Mumbai, including the transformation of Elphinstone Road station to Prabhadevi station …

Thackeray pitches for name expansion of Shivaji institutes
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Thackeray pitches for name expansion of Shivaji institutes

The Quint  

Mumbai, Dec 7 Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has sent a formal request to Governor B.S. Koshyari, urging him to initiate the process to rename Shivaji University, Kolhapur, as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, Kolhapur. The CM pointed out that already the Central Railway has named its headquarters as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and the Mumbai Airport is known as Chhatrapati …

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