Somnath Sarkar (Mughalsarai)

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Mughalsarai, located around 15 km from Varanasi, India, is a famous railway junction of the Indian Railways. Once, it enjoyed the position of the largest railway marshalling yard of Asia. The Grand Chordsection, which starts from Kolkata, West Bengal, terminates at Mughalsarai.

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India during 1964-1965, was born on 2 October 1901 at Mughalsarai.

Mughalsarai is the railway division comes in East Central Railway Zone. Mughalsarai is also famous for its Railway Colonies. There are about 16 railway colonies. From Mughalsarai about 125 passenger trains leave for their destination.
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Coordinates:   25°16'50"N   83°7'2"E
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