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Taksal- The Curious Name for a Railway Station

Posted on October 21, 2009

Taksal Station on the Kalka Shimla Route
I was wondering why the railway station got a name which means ‘minting money.’ Wikipedia has a partial answer about the name Taksal. I think this is the first station that we cross while traveling from Kalka to Shimla.

8 thoughts on “Taksal- The Curious Name for a Railway Station”

  1. Doli says:
    October 21, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    hehe minting money .. poor people what a name !

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  2. Tarun Mitra says:
    October 21, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    The Place might be well known for minting coins and name struck. This things are not strange.In Delhi ever heard of 'Daftar', it is the Central Secretariat. Few years ago, conductors of bus used to shout 'daftar daftar' and I use to get confused, is there only one office in Delhi? Before I realize that it was the main employer during a period of history.Same it with this 'Taksal'

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  3. Abhilash says:
    October 21, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    nice to see this station.It will remind you when I see it again.

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  4. Sangfroid says:
    October 22, 2009 at 7:13 am

    hmm … And what could Taksila mean then … just wondering? Older name for Varanasi … right ?

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  5. Mridula says:
    October 22, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Doli :DTarun, thanks for sharing the Daftar story. Abhilash, so when are you heading that way? :DSangfroid, geography has never been my strong point but I thought Takshila and Nalanda were in Bhiar.

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  6. अतुल श्रीवास्तव says:
    October 22, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Don't get confused – Takshila (or Taxila) and Nalanda are/were two different cities – thousands of miles away. Taxila is now in Pakistan; and Nalanda is in Bihar. If I am not mistaken, Taxila has the honor of establishing world's first University in 500-600 B.C. +/- 100-200 B.C. 🙂

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  7. Mridula says:
    October 23, 2009 at 6:24 am

    Thanks for the correction Atul, as I said, Geography has never been my strong point.

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  8. bharat says:
    January 18, 2014 at 9:58 am

    My Nephew is posted in TAKSAL RAILWAY STATION AS A ASM MR.MUKESH…….

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