PM Modi inaugurates Bhopal's revamped Rani Kamalapati Railway Station | SEE PICS

During his visit to Madhya Pradesh today (November 15), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the redeveloped Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal.

The Madhya Pradesh government has issued a gazette notification stating that the changed name will be spelt at “Rani Kamalapati Railway Station.

The station, redeveloped in public private partnership (PPP) mode, has been designed as a green building with modern world class amenities which has also taken into account ease of mobility for ‘divyangjans’ (physically challenged). 

The station is also developed as a hub for integrated multi-modal transport.

The redeveloped Rani Kamlapati Railway station, named after brave and fearless Queen Kamalapati of the Gond kingdom, is the first world class railway station in Madhya Pradesh.

Rani Kamlapati (or Kamlavati), the Gond queen of the region in the 18th century,  was the widow of Ginnorgarh's chief, Gond ruler Nizam Shah. 

Rani Kamalapati was one of Nizam Shah's seven wives and daughter of Chaudhari Kirpa-Ramchandra. Queen was well-known for her beauty and abilities and was often praised.

According to reports, she built the seven-storey 'Kamlapati Palace', which presently serves as an ASI-protected monument and overlooks the Upper and Lower Lakes. 

The state's Public Relations Department shared a news clip on Twitter, saying that the station was built in 1905 and then it was known as Shahpur. It was named Habibganj station in 1979 when it was expanded.