Thursday, April 9, 2009

A Letter Of Historic Importance.

Akhil Chandra Sen wrote this letter 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 "Traveler's Tales" in the Far Eastern Economic Review.

"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and
my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. 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 platform.
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 honor to make big fine on that guard for public
sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers." 


Any guesses why this letter was of historic value?
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It apparently led to the introduction of toilets in trains.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

pricleSS

Anonymous said...

priceless stupid lwt :(

DysfunctionaL said...

hahahaha.. this is really funny!

Sidra said...

Hahahahaha!

Ubaid said...

:p

Atiya Herekar said...

LOL. I couldn't help but laugh out loud. That was great.

PS: I finally found you...next time, please link yourself to your blog ;). Tankew beri mach.

Maryam said...

Yawar: Haha, yes it does make you LITERALLY LOL =P

P.S. what?