North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: You must have seen many railway stations, but some stations are not just buildings, they hold the entire story of history within themselves. Gomo Junction in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand is also one such station. Today, even though thousands of passengers come and go here every day, but one night this station saw something that changed the direction of India’s freedom struggle.
This is the story of the night of 18 January 1941. At that time the whole country was in the chains of slavery of the British and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was put under house arrest in his own house in Calcutta. The British thought that they had captured the greatest revolutionary, but they were unaware of Netaji’s intentions.
That very night, Netaji came out of his house in disguise, throwing dust in the eyes of the British. He was in the form of Mohammad Ziauddin, a Pathan, so that no one could recognize him. He reached Gomo station directly in his car. Kalka Mail was standing here, which was going towards Peshawar. In the dark, in silence, Netaji boarded the same train. This was the beginning of his ‘Mahanishkraman’ i.e. ‘The Great Escape’. Gomo station was the last Indian land from where he stepped forward to give a new shape to his freedom struggle.
Memories came back from ‘Mann Ki Baat’
For years this historical event remained confined to the pages of books only. But recently, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned this station in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program, it once again caught the attention of the entire country. He told how Gomo Junction is a symbol of Netaji’s courage and determination.
Today the name of this station has been changed to ‘Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Junction Gomo’ and a statue of his has also been installed here, which reminds every passenger of that historic night. This station is not just a railway stoppage, but a living page of the story of that great hero of independence, which will always inspire us.
