One Okhil Chandra Sen wrote this letter complaint to the Sahibganj Divisional Railway Office in
1909
. It is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi. It was also reproduced under the caption “Travellers’ Tales” in the Far Eastern Economic Review.
“I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur
station and my belly is too much swelling with jack fruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing
the
nuisance
that guard making whistle blow for train to go off
and I am running with ‘lotah’ in one hand and ‘dhoti’
in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on plateform.
I am got leaved at Ahmedpur station. This too much bad,
if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honour to make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers.”
Any guesses why this letter
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It led to the introduction of TOILETS in the trains!!!!
So please don’t think any idea is stupid and discard it.
Always Speak up..........
