Llanfairpwllgwyngyll,
is a large village and community on the
island of Anglesey, Wales. The original name of the medieval
township, within whose boundaries the present-day village lies, was
Pwllgwyngyll, meaning "the pool of the white hazels"
The 12445 / 12446 Uttar
Sampark Kranti Express connects New Delhi railway station to Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Katra railway station. The train runs daily via Jammu Tawi, Jalandhar
Cantonment, Ludhiana, Ambala, Panipat and Udhampur, covering a distance of 655
km at an average speed of 57 km/h.
The Shivalik Hills, are a
mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about 2,400 km (1,500
mi) from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the
northern parts of the Indian subcontinent. The literal translation of "Sivalik"
is 'tresses of Shiva'. The district of
Udhampur is located in the Shivalik range of Himalayas and the terrain is
mostly mountainous. The upper reaches of the district experience snowfall in
the winter season.
Udhampur is a city - is in
a relatively flatter part of the district at an elevation of 756 metres (2480
feet) and it rarely experiences any snowfall. It is the headquarters of Udhampur District.
Named after Raja Udham Singh, it serves as the district capital and the
Northern Command headquarters of the Indian Army. A Forward Base Support Unit
(FBSU) of the Indian Air Force is also stationed here.
Udhampur railway station
is situated in the average elevation of
the station is 660.054 metres (2,165.53 ft) above mean sea level. The rail
distance between UHP and JAT is 53 km (33 mi). The Uttar Sampark Kranti Express
train from New Delhi was the first train to run on this link in 2005. The rail link to Katra was inaugurated and
opened in 2014. Jammu Mail and Uttar Sampark Kranti Express have been extended
to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station from 2015. As of now, 39 trains halt at udhampur en
route to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station from major cities in
India and vice versa.
Pampore is a historical town situated on the eastern
side of the Jhelum River on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. It was known
as Padmanpur in antiquity. It is famous
worldwide for its saffron and known as the Saffron town of Kashmir.
Back in 2016 in a three-day
battle between security forces and terrorists holed up in the EDI building
ended with the death of two militants, the army announced. Three army commandos, including two Captains,
were killed in the fierce gunfight with
a group of terrorists holed up inside a government building on the outskirts of
Srinagar, raising the toll to seven in the encounter. The multi-storied building of
Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building in Pampore caught fire as
the encounter between army and the heavily-armed terrorists, suspected to be
3-4 in number, continued for couple of days. Through the day, the terrorists
kept on firing and throwing grenades on the security forces who surrounded the
building.
Army lost
Captain Pawan Kumar, Captain Tushar Mahajan and jawan Om Prakash, all of the
elite Para commando units, in the gunbattle.
Now comes
the news that Udhampur Railway Station is being named after Captain Tushar Mahajan, an officer of 9
PARA (Special Forces of the Indian Army), who was killed while protecting other
army personnel in a terror attack on JKEDI building in Pulwama in February
2016.
This was informed by the
Union Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh through a tweet on ‘X’, on
Thursday. He thanked the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji for acceding to the long pending request of
family, friends, local people and the politicians on this account. Captain
Mahajan, who hailed from Udhampur, had killed the terrorists before laying down his life in the service of
the motherland. Singh further added that
communication to this effect was sent to
the UT government to formally issue the required Gazette notification.
Following it, ‘The Tushar
Mahajan Trust’ thanked the Prime Minister, Singh and other BJP leaders for
making it happen. Singh represents Udhampur-Doda-Kathua constituency in Lok
Sabha.
Hail the
martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan and all our army soldiers.
In Apr
2019, the main Railway Station of Chennai – Central railway station officially renamed "Puratchi Thalaivar
Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station.”
The name became the World second longest name for a Railway station
after Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
in Wales.
With regards
– S. Sampathkumar
8.9.2023