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FAMOUS PLACES IN INDIA
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Howrah and Delhi
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Kalyan and Pune
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Bombay and Surat
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New Delhi and Madras
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first service of the train was conducted from Calyan (now Kalyan) and Pune in the Bombay Presidency, British India, apparently in order to ferry rich patrons from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Poona (now Pune) to attend horse racing at Pune Race Course.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deccan Queen, which has been running between Mumbai and Pune since 1930, is the country’s first superfast train, first long-distance electric-hauled train, first vestibuled train, first train to have a “ladies only” car and the first train to feature a dining car.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first electric passenger train ran from the Bombay Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai) to Kurla, a distance of 16 km, in 1925 on February 3 on the Harbour line.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first electric multiple unit, or EMU, train was waved off from platform number two by Sir Leslie Wilson, the then governor of Bombay. It had four cars with cement flooring that was 10 feet wide. He was Jahangir Framji Daruwala, the motorman.