Indian Railways has named 21 locomotives after freedom fighters and national heroes to commemorate India's Independence Day. The locomotives, located at the Diesel Shed in Alam Bagh, Lucknow, have been named after recipients of the Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, and Ashoka Chakra, as well as other notable figures like...
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Maharana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Lachit Borphukan, Rani Nayaki Devi, Rani Ambika, Motibai, Major Somnath Sharma, Brigadier M. Usman, Major General Salim Caleb, Captain Vikram Batra, Lieutenant Triveni Singh, Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, Major Mohit Sharma, Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, Major Mukund Varadarajan, Major Laishram Jyotin Singh, Colonel Jojan Thomas, Major Dinesh Raghu Raman, Captain Man Bahadur Rai, Lance Naik Albert Ekka, and Naik Jadunath Singh. On Independence Day, the Lucknow Mail train will be relaunched from Lucknow Railway Station to Delhi after a six-year hiatus. Special train services have also been announced for Raksha Bandhan and the Shravan Mela in various parts of the country, with details regarding timings and routes available on the Indian Railways helpline number 139. Additionally, the article mentions that train services in the Amritsar region will be affected from August 14th to 26th due to renovation work at the Sanehwal railway station in the Firozpur division.