GK
HIMACHAL PRADESH
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1912 AD
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1928 AD
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1926 AD
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1930 AD
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kangra Valley Railway lies in the sub-Himalayan region and covers a distance of 164 km from Pathankot in Punjab to Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh. The Kangra valley railway falls under the Firozpur division of Northern Railway . The railway line was planned in May 1926 and commissioned in 1929.
Detailed explanation-2: -In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Vyasarpadi Jeeva Nilayam (Veyasarpandy) and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In the North a length of 119 miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1859.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jogindernagar was named after the Mandi king Raja Joginder Sen. Its original name was Sukrahatti.