RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE
Centre
appoints IPS Officer Manoj Yadav as Director General Railway Protection Force
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Formed –
2 July, 1872
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Constituting Instrument –
RPF Act, 1957
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General Nature –
Federal law Enforcement
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Headquarters –
New Delhi, India
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Governing Body –
Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India
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Railway Minister –
Ashwini Vaishnav
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Railway Zones –
19
Total
19 Zones of Railway
|
1. |
Central Railway |
CR |
Mumbai CSMT |
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2. |
Konkan Railway |
KR |
Navi Mumbai |
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3. |
Northern Railway |
NR |
Delhi |
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4. |
North Central Railway |
NCR |
Prayagraj |
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5. |
North Eastern Railway |
NER |
Gorakhpur |
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6. |
Northeast Frontier Railway |
NFR |
Maligaon, Guwahati |
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7. |
North Western Railway |
NWR |
Jaipur |
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8. |
Eastern Railway |
ER |
Fairlie Place, Kolkata |
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9. |
East Central Railway |
ECR |
Hajipur |
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10. |
East Coast Railway |
ECoR |
Bhubaneswar |
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11. |
Southern Railway |
SR |
Chennai Central |
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12. |
South Central Railway[45] |
SCR |
Secunderabad Junction |
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13. |
South Coast Railway[45] |
SCoR |
Visakhapatnam |
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14. |
South Eastern Railway |
SER |
Garden Reach, Kolkata |
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15. |
South East Central Railway |
SECR |
Bilaspur |
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16. |
South Western Railway |
SWR |
Hubballi |
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17. |
Western Railway |
WR |
Mumbai (Churchgate) |
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18. |
West Central Railway |
WCR |
Jabalpur |
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19. |
Kolkata Metro Railway |
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Kolkata |
History
of Railway
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1853 - On 16 April, the first
train in India leaves Bombay (now Mumbai) for Thane. It was dedicated by Lord
Dalhousie.
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1925 - The first
Railway budget was presented in India.
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1951 -The Railway was
reorganised into regional zones.
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1984 - The first
metro train in India ran from Esplanade to Bhowanipur (Currently known as
Netaji Bhawan Station) in Calcutta.
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2017 - Indian Railways
announced that the entire rail network in India would be electrified by
2022.
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2019 - On February 18,
2019, the first Vande Bharat Express train was inaugurated, and
its very first route connecting the capital city of Delhi to the holy city of
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
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2020 - The first
'Kisan Rail' of India started its journey on 8th August
2020 between Devlali (Maharashtra) and Danapur (Bihar).
· 2021 -The first Oxygen Express train left for Visakhapatnam carrying seven empty tankers. In Visakhapatnam, they will be loaded with liquid oxygen for transportation to the state of Maharashtra
· 1986 - India's first water train whistled into Rajkot railway station on 2 May, 1986.