Today the train fare is so high that people think many times before booking tickets. Especially when the ticket has to be booked in AC coach, then sweat leaves the forehead. But if we say that there was a time when the ticket in the AC coach of the train was just four rupees, then what would you say. Actually, a ticket is going viral on social media, in which it is clearly visible that this ticket is of AC coach and its cost is only four rupees.
from where to where is the ticket
This ticket is from Rawalpindi in Pakistan to Amritsar in India. If you read the date written on the ticket, then this ticket is visible on 17 September 1947. It is obvious that then India had become independent and it was also divided with Pakistan. This was the same period when countless people were running away from India to Pakistan and from Pakistan to India. The outcry and riots after the partition had created a lot of upheaval in both the countries, after which many Muslims from India went to Pakistan and many Sikhs and Hindus from Pakistan came to India.
Tickets were issued for 9 people
Sharing this ticket, a Facebook user Pakistan Rail Lover has written that this ticket was issued for 9 people on 17-09-1947 i.e. after independence, which was from Rawalpindi to Amritsar. Its cost was 36 rupees 9 annas. Obviously, when it was 36 rupees for 9 people, then this train ticket for one person would have cost 4 rupees. However, for those who bought this Rs.36 ticket and came to India leaving everything in Pakistan, the cost of this ticket must have been much more than the entire wealth accumulated by their ancestors.
All information is written with pen
It can be seen on the ticket that all the information written on it has been written with a pen. That is, it is clear that at that time tickets printed by printers or computers did not work. However, this ticket was issued from Pakistan, so it cannot be said correctly that the train fare would have been the same in India or the tickets would have been available in India as well.
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