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A. Roy Chowdhury

Chittaranjan Loco Works, Chittaranjan, West Bengal.

Inaugurated on January 26, 1950, CLW produced its first locomotive by November 1, 1950 (a WG loco, #8401, named `Deshbandhu' for Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, an Indian freedomfighter; incidentally it was his widow, Basanti Devi, who inaugurated the works).

CLW, originally named just the Locomotive Manufacturing Works, was located near a village called Mihijam, which was shortly afterwards renamed Chittaranjan.

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