High Commission of India

Dhaka

Press release

Special Train from Rajbari (Bangladesh) to Medinapore (India) for Annual Holy Urs Sharif

A group of 2333 Bangladeshi pilgrims will be travelling by a special train from Rajbari (Bangladesh) to Midnapore in West Bengal (India) to attend the annual Holy Urs Sharif scheduled to be held on 17 February 2020 at Midnapore.

2. For the participation of the devotees in the Urs, Indian Railways will provide an empty rake comprising of 24 empty coaches to run the pilgrim special train from Rajbari to Midnapore.

3. The pilgrim special train will leave Rajbari (Bangladesh) on 15.02.2020 and arrive at Medinapore (India) in the morning of 17.02.2020. In the return direction, the train will leave Medinapore (India) on 18.02.2020 and enter Bangladesh on 19.02.2020 via Gede-Darsana interchange point.

12 February 2020

Dhaka