Akhil Chandra Sen is credited with reaching the toilet in Indian Railways.
Have you ever thought that if you are traveling long by train and there is no toilet in it? There was also a period of such a time that there was no toilet in the general coaches of trains, but there was also a person who brought such a revolution in Indian trains that gave relief to every personnel. His name was Akhil Chandra Sen. There was an incident with Akhil Chandra which took the toilet to the Indian railways. Rail started in India in April 1853. At that time there was no toilet facility in passenger coaches. It was a challenge for the passengers to cover a long distance.
The story of reaching the toilet in Indian Railways is very interesting. The year 1909 was. Akhil Chandra Sen started his rail journey and his train missed. From here the whole story changed and reached the toilet in the passenger coach of Indian Railways. Know, its full story.
How did the story start?
Akhil Chandra Sen traveled by rail. He had stomach ache. The train stopped at Ahmedpur station in West Bengal. Sen had to land for defecation. He had descended from the train that the train indicated to run. The guard whistle the whistle and started the train. Akhil Chandra ran to catch the train, but the train continued to increase its speed. As a result, his dhoti was opened while running. The balance was disturbed and they fell. As a result, his train missed. Akhil’s anger was on the seventh sky.
He wrote his disappointment and anger in a letter. Akhil Chandra condemned strictly in a letter to Sahibganj Division Railway Office. This condemnation left such an impact on the Railways during the British rule that they had to think to install toilets in trains.
What was written in a threatening letter?
In a letter to the Railways, he told the full story of his journey. Wrote how he asked the guard to wait, but he forgot to wait and left the train. In an attempt to catch the train, the lungi opened and had to be humiliated in front of the people.
In his letter, he wrote strictly, if no action is taken on his complaint, then you will publish this incident in the newspaper. In this threatening letter, he forced the railway officials to think. Railways got the matter investigated and found this whole incident true. After this, toilets were installed in general coaches of trains of more than 80 kilometers long.
Although it took many years to reach the toilet in general and lower coaches, but even today the credit goes to Akhil Chandra Sen. After this, the journey of rail became comfortable. In the initial stages, such toilets were built whose stools fell on the tracks very well, but the Indian Railways improved it and introduced the flushing system. The big change came when the bio-toilet started in the 2010s.
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