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{{Short description|Town and railway station in Chhattisgarh, India}}

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'''Jairamnagar''' is a town and a railway station also named after that town. It is about 4.9 kilometers (3 miles) from Masturi and about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]. The station code is JRMG.<ref name="c">Commercial & general directory of C. P. & Berar – Page 116|quote=This is the only railway station in the whole of India to have been named after a businessman, having a marble nameplate on the station platform.</ref><ref name="t">[https://books.google.com/books?id=RFg1AQAAIAAJ&q=1939+re-named It was originally known as Paraghat before it was re-named Jairamnagar by Mr A. Duncan, Agent & General Manager, B.N. Railway...on 1 September 1939]</ref>

== History ==
On 1 September 1939, the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] re-named it after [[Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan]], a notable [[Kutchi people|Kutchi]] railway contractor. Jairamnagar is the only railway station in India named after a businessman. The town was known as Paragaht before its 1939 renaming.<ref name="c" /><ref name="t" /> [[Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan]] was once the sole proprietor of the Jairamnagar village; he owned mining sites of [[Dolomite (mineral)|dolomite]], [[manganese]], and [[limestone]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Times of India directory and yearbook including who's who, Volume 28|year=1941|page=1087|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RakSAAAAIAAJ&q=Jairamnagar+Jairam+Valjee|last1=Reed|first1=Sir Stanley}}</ref><ref>'' Diary of Golden Days at Jharia: A Memoir & History of Gurjar Rashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia'' – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta & Sinugra. (1998). Life sketch of Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan. Page: 24.</ref><ref>[http://www.wikimapia.org/5141613/Tejas-Chouhan-s-Home-Vasant-Vilas-Jairam-Valji-Colony-Raigarh-Near-Railway-Station Location of Jairam Valji Colony]</ref>

== Demographics and economy ==
Jairamnagar has a large pond, previously a [[Quarry|limestone quarry]], that belonged to [[Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan]]. The pond's water is used by locals for daily needs such as cooking, washing, and bathing. A [[Shivalinga]], built in 1922 by [[Jairam Valji Chauhan]].

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[[Category: Villages in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh]]

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Jairamnagar - Revision history

Saurabh pal at 20:55, 16 October 2025