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 Bilaspur is a city located in Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur District in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Chhattisgarh. Bilaspur is the Administrative headquarters of the Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, Bilasp ...

. The station code is JRMG.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.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
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History

On 1 September 1939, the

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re-named it after Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan, a notable 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. Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan was once the sole proprietor of the Jairamnagar village; he owned mining sites of dolomite,

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, and

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.Location of Jairam Valji Colony
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Demographics and economy

Jairamnagar has a large pond, previously a

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, 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

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, built in 1922 by

Jairam Valji Chauhan Jairam Valjee Chouhan, Rai Bahadur, MBE (1892–1956), better known as Rai Bahadur Jairam Valjee, was a Kutchi railway contractor, mill-owner, miner & philanthropist, who established himself at Jairamnagar and Raigarh, India. Birth Jairam wa ...

References

Villages in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-geo-stub