The Presidential Salon was first used by Victoria of India. Earlier it was known as Vice Regal Coach. In this, from the Persian carpet to the sinking sofa. It was first used in 1950 by the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad as the first Indian.
Kanpur: President Ram Nath Kovind is coming to his native village Paraunkh for the first time after assuming office. The President will reach Kanpur on the evening of June 25 by presidential train from Delhi. He will stay in the city on June 26 and will meet public representatives, entrepreneurs, doctors, social workers and old acquaintances. The President will reach Kanpur by presidential train with security arrangements. For the first time, this train will reach Kanpur Central, which will be historic.
The discussion about the President’s visit to Kanpur is also intensified because the President will travel in this train to visit his place of birth. The train that His Majesty will take is the Presidential train. It is known that this is happening after 18 years when a train is being traveled by the President. Earlier, 18 years ago, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam traveled by presidential train.
There is a lot of interest among the common people about rail travel because this train is very special. We tell you what is special about the special train and which presidents traveled by rail before this.
That’s why it is said that the Presidential Saloon
The train in which the President travels is also called the Presidential Saloon, in which only he can travel. It is also called the Presidential train because of its running on the tracks itself. It does not even come under the category of general train. This train is equipped with bullet proof windows, public address system, every modern facility. It consists of two coaches whose numbers are 9000 and 9001.
This special train built in 1956 has visiting room cum dining room, conference cum lounge room, special bedroom out kitchen for the president. Apart from this, there are also separate rooms for army officers, secretaries, doctors and other staff. Plasma TV, GPS and GPRS systems, Immersat satellite antennas, 20-line telephone exchange, a public address system are also installed. The train is made state-of-the-art from time to time.
Here is the history of the royal salon The
Presidential Salon was first used by Victoria of India. Earlier it was known as Vice Regal Coach. In this, from the Persian carpet to the sinking sofa. At that time khas mats were used for cooling. It was first used in 1950 by the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad as the first Indian. After this, many changes were made in this royal salon.
So far this salon has been used 87 times
So far, this Presidential Salon has been used about 87 times by different Presidents of the country. The first President of the country, Dr. Rajendra Prasad used this salon for the first time in 1950. He traveled from Delhi to Kurukshetra from the Presidential Salon.
Apart from this, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy had traveled through this special train. About 26 years after that, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam had traveled from this salon to Bihar.
