Mughalsarai railway junction in UP has been renamed after RSS ideologue and Jana Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyaya in keeping with the “sentiments of the people”.
In this eastern UP town, Upadhyaya's body was found lying on the tracks in 1968.
Since the 1970s, the Parivar has been referring to Mughalsarai as Deendayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
In 1992, the then BJP government had wanted to rename the station and township after Upadhyaya, along with Allahabad and Faizabad.
But that year, the Babri Masjid was demolished and Chief Minister Kalyan Singh had to quit on “moral grounds”.
In the late 19th century, the British brought the railways to India, and Mughalsarai popped up on the railway map when East Indian Railway Company laid tracks connecting Howrah and Delhi.
In the early 1880s, the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway linked up with the East Indian Railway through the Dufferin Bridge (today Malviya Bridge) at Mughalsarai and the station became a junction
As the railways united India, Mughalsarai entered the popular lexicon. Today, it's the fourth-busiest station on the Indian Railways' network and still the last major station in UP before eastbound trains stop at Katihar Junction in Bihar.
Mughalsarai: Know More- Mughalsarai is the birthplace of India's second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
- Its primary association is still with the railways with the junction is the most easily identifiable marker.
- The station contains the largest railway marshaling yard in Asia.
- It is 12.5 km long and handles around 1,500 wagons daily.
- The largest wagon repair workshop of the Indian Railways is also located.
