Railways renames Howrah-Kalka Mail as Netaji Express

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Daily Current Affairs Article 22th January 2021: Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrates the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Indian Railways renamed one of its oldest trains, the Howrah-Kalka Mail, as the ‘Netaji Express’.

Started in the 19th Century as one of the early commercial passenger train services in India, the Kalka mail has always enjoyed a steady patronage and popularity connecting Howrah with Kalka.

It is said that Bose took this train from Gomoh in Bihar after he escaped from his house in Kolkata in 1941.