Indian Railway Zones, Railway Zones of India, Major Zones of Indian Railways

S.No	Indian Railway Zones Names	Indian Railway Zones Abbr.	Indian Railway Zones Headquarters	Date of Establishment
1.	Northern Railway	NR	Delhi	April 14, 1952
2.	North Eastern Railway	NER	Gorakhpur	1952
3.	Northeast Frontier Railway	NFR	Maligaon (Guwahati)	1958
4.	Eastern Railway	ER	Kolkata	April 14, 1952
5.	South Eastern Railway	SER	Kolkata	1955
6.	South Central Railway	SCR	Secunderabad	Oct' 2, 1966
7.	Southern Railway	SR	Chennai	April 14, 1951
8.	Central Railway	CR	Mumbai	Nov' 5, 1951
9.	Western Railway	WR	Mumbai	Nov' 5, 1951
10.	South Western Railway	SWR	Hubli	April 1, 2003
11.	North Western Railway	NWR	Jaipur	Oct' 1, 2002
12.	West Central Railway	WCR	Jabalpur	April 1, 2003
13.	North Central Railway	NCR	Allahabad	April 1, 2003
14.	South East Central Railway	SECR	Bilaspur, CG	April 1, 2003
15.	East Coast Railway	ECoR	Bhubaneswar	April 1, 2003
16.	East Central Railway	ECR	Hajipur	Oct' 1, 2002
17.	Konkan Railway	KR	Navi Mumbai	Jan' 26, 1998

The major railway zones that have been covered here are as follows:

Central Indian RailwayThe Central Railway (CR) is perhaps the oldest railway zone of Indian Railways. This is one amongst the largest of the sixteen zones bifurcated by Indian Railways.

Eastern Indian RailwayThe Eastern Railway is one of the major zones of Indian Railways. Fairley Place in Kolkata being its headquarters, the Eastern zone is segregated into four divisions including Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol for better administration.

Northern Indian RailwayThe Northern Railway (NR) is one amongst the nine older zones of Indian Railways. Delhi, the capital city of India, serves as the headquarters of Northern Railway.Southern Indian RailwaySouthern Railway (SR) is credited to be the first railway zone that sought establishment in liberated India. On April 14th 1951, Southern Railway was established by combining three state railways including Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, South Indian Railway and Mysore State Railway.Western Indian RailwayThe Western Railway (WR) is one amongst the most hustling rail networks in India. Along with headquarters of Central Railway, Mumbai enjoys the authority over this railway network too, being the headquarters sited at Churchgate (Mumbai).

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Kalidasa Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : India

Mirza Ghalib Date of Birth : 1797 Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Agra

Rabindranath Tagore Date of Birth : May 7, 1861 Date of Death : Aug 8, 1941 Place of Birth : West Bengal

R.K. Narayan Date of Birth : 1906 Date of Death : 2001 Place of Birth : Madras

Salman Rushdie Date of Birth : 1948 Place of Birth : Bombay

Subramaniya Bharati Date of Birth : Sep 11, 1882 Date of Death : Sep 11, 1921 Place of Birth : Tamil Nadu

Tulsidas Date of Birth : 1532 Date of Death : 1623 Place of Birth : India

Vikram Seth Date of Birth : 1952 Place of Birth : Calcutta

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Date of Birth : Jun 26, 1838 Date of Death : Apr 8, 1894 Place of Birth : West Bengal

Prof. Jagdish N. Bhagwati Date of Birth : 1934 Place of Birth : Mumbai

Munshi Premchand Date of Birth : 1880 Date of Death : 1936 Place of Birth : Banaras

Raja Rao Date of Birth : Nov 8, 1908 Place of Birth : Mysore

Amartya Sen Date of Birth : Nov 3, 1933 Place of Birth : India

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Date of Birth : 1820 Date of Death : 1892 Place of Birth : Bengal

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Date of Birth : Sep 15, 1876 Date of Death : Jan 16, 1938 Place of Birth : Hooghly(India)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri Date of Birth : Nov 23, 1897 Date of Death : Aug 1, 1999 Place of Birth : East Bengal

Keshab Chandra Sen Date of Birth : 1838 Date of Death : 1884 Place of Birth : Bengal

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay Date of Birth : Sep 12, 1894 Place of Birth : Bengal

Dhan Gopal Mukerji Date of Birth : Jul 6, 1890 Date of Death : Jul 14, 1936 Place of Birth : Calcutta

Amitav Ghosh Date of Birth : 1956 Place of Birth : Calcutta

Amit Chaudhuri Date of Birth : 1969 Place of Birth : India

Mulk Raj Anand Date of Birth : Dec 12, 1905 Date of Death : Sep 28, 2004 Place of Birth : Peshawar

Chanakya Date of Birth : 350 BC Date of Death : 275 BC Place of Birth : Pataliputra

Shashi Tharoor Date of Birth : 1956 Place of Birth : London

Deepak Chopra Date of Birth : 1947 Place of Birth : Delhi