--- title: "Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?" description: "Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?" author: "Ranbir Sharma" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39528/kandaghat-a-heritage-railway-station-made-entirely-of-wood-and-built-by-the-british-in-1903-was-destroyed-in-the-fire-in-which-state-this-railway-station-was-located category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ? Kandaghat, a [heritage](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167306/protecting-intangible-cultural-heritage) [railway station](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38819/in-which-country-asia-s-largest-underground-railway-station-futian-station-was-opened-recently) made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ? ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1268aed6-a9f1-4a1b-adc7-fd6a49ee2f01/images/920c9173-d0de-4c2f-870c-ef573cd344fd.png) The **Kandaghat** **railway station** was made entirely of wood built by the **British**. The **heritage railway station** was destroyed in a **fire accident** in **1903**. **Kandaghat** is a **sub-district (Tehsil)** in the **Solan** district of the Indian state of **Himachal Pradesh**. The small town of **Kandaghat** is situated on the **Kalka – Shimla National Highway No 22**. ![Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1268aed6-a9f1-4a1b-adc7-fd6a49ee2f01/images/dbf1eda8-1a46-4987-930f-6d708df4decb.jpeg) **Himachal Pradesh** is an **Indian** state located in the northern part of the country. Himachal Pradesh is situated in the **Western Himalayas** and shares its borders with the Indian states of **Punjab** in the **west, Uttarakhand** in the **southeast, Haryana** in the **southwest, Jammu & Kashmir** in the **north** and the **Tibet Autonomous Region** in the **east**. It also shares its borders with **Uttar Pradesh**. **Acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma** an eminent **Sanskrit scholar** of the state coined the name of the state. **Himachal** is a **Sanskrit** word where **‘Him’** means **snow** and **‘achal’** means **land**. Himachal Pradesh attained **statehood** on **25th January 1971**. The **capital** of Himachal Pradesh is **Shimla**. **Dharamshala** is the **second capital** of the state in **winter**. ![Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1268aed6-a9f1-4a1b-adc7-fd6a49ee2f01/images/5024bda7-4100-4570-a813-43c025a25653.jpeg) The state of Himachal Pradesh is of a **unicameral legislature** with **68** seats. There are **12** districts in the state with **4** parliamentary constituencies. **Jai Ram Thakur** from the **Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)** is the **Chief Minister of the state**. **Acharya Dev Vrat** is the **Governor** of the state. Himachal Pradesh covers a total area of **55,673 sq km (21,495 sq mi)**. The **area rank** of the state is **18th** in the country. As per the **2011** census, the **population** of the state is **6,864,602** and the **literacy rate** is **83.78%**. The **population density** of the state is **123/ sq km (320/ sq mi)** with an **overall rank** of **21**. The official language of the state is **Hindi** with **English** being the additional official language. ![Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1268aed6-a9f1-4a1b-adc7-fd6a49ee2f01/images/24d20717-3130-4e9b-b739-d033c8c63280.jpeg) (location of Himachal Pradesh on the map of India) --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39528/kandaghat-a-heritage-railway-station-made-entirely-of-wood-and-built-by-the-british-in-1903-was-destroyed-in-the-fire-in-which-state-this-railway-station-was-located Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.