Bilaspur Junction Rail Station (Bilaspur)

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Bilaspur Railway Station was built in 1890.The then it was under BNR(bengal-nagpur railway)jurisdiction.Presently it is in mumbai-howrah busy trunk line.All train stops here plus certain trains originate & terminate from here,of them chhattisgarh express(amritsar-bilaspur)is a very old train.
The name of the district derived from the city of Bilaspur, the administrative headquarters of the district. The name 'Bilaspur' originated from Bilasa, a fisherwoman who founded it according to a legend.
The area which comprises present-day Bilaspur District was under the control of the Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur until 1818 and was governed by a Maratha ‘Subah’ (district officer). In 1818, the British started administering the area on behalf of the Raghuji III who was minor. The area was administered by a commissioner. In 1853, after the death of Raghuji III, British annexed the Nagpur Kingdom to British India as Nagpur Province, and in 1861 when the new Central Provinces was born, Bilaspur was organized into a separate district [1]. In October 1903, a new province ‘The Central Provinces and Berar’ was constituted and Bilaspur District became a part of the Chattisgarh Division of the province. In October 1905, on transfer of Sambalpur District to Bengal Province, Chandrapur-Padampur and Malkhurda estates were transferred to Bilaspur District. In 1906, when the Drug district (presently Durg District) was formed, a part of the Mungeli Tahsil was transferred to the new district. Also, another part of the district was transferred to the Raipur District [2]. On 25 May 1998, the original Bilaspur District was split into 3 smaller districts, present Bilaspur, Korba and Janjgir-Champa.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilaspur,_Chhattisgarh
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Coordinates:   22°3'22"N   82°10'14"E

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  • BILASPUR RAILWAY STATION WAS BUILT IN 1890 BY THE FAMOUS RAILWAY CONTRACTOR OF THE TOWN SHRI JAGMAL GANGJI, WHO IS MY GREAT GRAND FATHER. THERE IS ALSO A COLONY NAMED JAGMAL BLOCK AND CHOWK NAMED JAGMAL CHOWK AFTER HIM
  • Life in Bilaspur between 1924-1930 is very well depicted in the book "The Wheels of Ind" by John Mitchell. Mitchell was a railway traffic supervisor on the BNR railway and was stationed at Bilaspur. It is a book full of pictures and description of the old days in Bilaspur and along the many stations on the Bilaspur Katni line, esp. Khongsara, Umaria etc. Mitchell had overall authority of the main line from Ib Road outside Jharsuguda to Mansura outside Dongargarh and also upto Katni Jn. Mitchell wrote his book in 1934.
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