About sarai rohella station?

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Answer 1

Once a sarai, now a railway station -Sarai Rohilla

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Sarai Rohilla station in north Delhi from where several trains leave was once a sarai or resting place for travellers who would stay for some time and then disperse in different directions. A sarai has provision for lodgings and they were very popular during the rule of the Mughals.

Sarai Rohilla was earlier known as Rulhullah ki sarai and was named after Ruhullah Khan, the son of Nawab Khaliullah Khan, a nobleman of the times of Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. Although he was said to have been a member of Dara Shikho�s retinue, he was said to have played a key role in having Dara Shikoh defeated in connivance with Aurangzeb. After Aurangzeb achieved victory, Khaliullah Khan was bestowed with titles and honours but he was said to have died shortly after that. Rulhullah ki sarai was laid out along the course of the western Yamuna canal towards the west of the city of Delhi, now considered old. Literary evidence about the sarai is scanty and there is more written material on the mosques and graves in the area. In the early nineteenth century, there was a small temple dedicated to Seetla Mata.

People fond of reading history especially about the personal misfortunes of the Mughals come to know about the cruelties that the Ruhellas indulged in. A sarai was quite often laid out on the outskirts of the city or in the suburbs to help in the movement of human traffic or for storing goods meant to be despatched to other places. Though normally sarais had facilities for staying, with some furniture, linen, wells for water and a place to cook food and keep animals that were to be transported, there is no material evidence to suggest that this sarai had these facilities.

As of now, the station is in a dilapidated condition with the platforms very small and unable to bear the burden of the people boarding or disembarking from trains. It is meant for metre gauge trains and the station is very small when compared to the Delhi Main or New Delhi stations or for that matter even the Nizamuddin station. Even the facilities are very meagre and the approach is shabby to say the least. It would perhaps better have been left as a sarai instead of it being converted into a station. If that had been done, then perhaps it would have been able to reflect on its old glory. The platforms and the bridge turn into a virtual fish market during the rush hours. It is imperative that the authorities in charge of publicising the history of the place should do enough to project the historical importance of such spots and stations which are located in places and areas which have a long and cherished history behind them.

Answer 2

Sarai Rohilla Station located in Delhi (india) Next to old delhi railway ststion on the track of delhi jaipur track and most track start from this station.

Answer 3

It is a very small Railway Station in Delhi.

It is about 3 kms from Delhi Junction Station.

There are a very few trains, which stop there.

Jaipur bound trains also stop there.

Answer 4

It is in Old Dehli, within 4 km of this hotel.  You might want to email them for a very precise answer?

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