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ভারতীয় রেলওয়ে

/bharatiya railway/Roman

English meaning: Indian Railways

Definition

India's national railway system, one of the world's largest rail networks. Kolkata has India's first and only underground metro rail (1984). Indian Railways carries about 22 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of freight daily.

Example

ভারতীয় রেলওয়ে বিশ্বের অন্যতম বৃহত্তম রেলব্যবস্থা।

In English: Indian Railways is one of the world's largest rail systems.

Literary Heritage

ক্ষুধার রাজ্যে পৃথিবী গদ্যময়।

/Kshudar rajye prithibi gadyamay./

In the kingdom of hunger, the world turns prosaic.

Sukanta Bhattacharya · Revolutionary Poet · 1926–1947

Abol Tabol (Rannar Prem)

Rannar Prem, Sukanta Bhattacharya, 1944

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Language
বাংলা
Bengali
Script
Bengali
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
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