Month: June 2016

Shuttling between Mohammadpur and Pathri: My job at Mohammadpur and Pathri Powerstations involved regular shuttling between Mohammadpur and Pathri. I had my Cheverolet tourer car, which was a reasonably good guzzler of fuel. In the aftermath of the war, there was an acute shortage of fuel. Petrol was not freely available from the petrol pumps. … Read more

Ganga Canal: River Ganga emerges from Himalayas into the plains at Haridwar. During the floods, the width of the river at Haridwar is about a kilometre. After the monsoon, the river splits and starts flowing into a number of channels separated by islands, formed by the deposit of sediments transported by the river. In course … Read more

Back to Roorkee: We landed at Roorkee in November 1948. Rai Sahib Kanahiya Lal the elder cousin of our father was extremely happy to see all of us there. He had about nine bunglows in the cantonment area at that time. He made one of the bunglows available to us. We stayed in that bunglow … Read more

Family moves to Bareilly: Most of the members of the family stayed on at Meerut for a week or ten days after the marriage. Those were the days, when prolonged stays of girls at the parental house was considered as something usual. Most of the time was taken by post marriage rituals and ceremonies and … Read more

Lala Ratan Lal: Lala Ratan Lal was the elder cousin of our father Brij Bhushan Lal. He was working as an assistant engineer at Kota, when our father was working at Bundi. He was the patriarch of our family. After his retirement from Kota he settled down at Dehradun and set up a showroom for … Read more

Jharekhapur: I took up my first regular assignment as Sub-divisional Officer of Rohilkhand Canals in the rank of Assistant Engineer at Bareilly in July 1946. Soon after, I got a canal telegram from the Superintending Engineer Sarda Canals, directing me to meet him by first train at Jharekhapur. For a moment it was very unsettling, … Read more

Bareilly: Bareilly has always been a prominent and flourishing town of U.P. It lies mid-way between Delhi and Lucknow, with Rampur and Moradabad on the west side and Shahjahanpur and Hardoi on the east side. It is a gateway to the Himalayas with Haldwani, Kathgodown and Nainital facing it in the north. Bareilly lies on … Read more

Bundelkhand: Bundelkhand covers the gently rolling country between river Yamuna on the north and Vindhyachal mountain ranges on the south. There are a number of hill streams and rivers, which flow through the area, rising from the southern mountain ranges and flowing in north easterly direction, ultimately meeting river Yamuna. The prominent rivers of the … Read more

Indo Gangetic Plains: Himalayas with all its mountain ranges is sitting right on the top of India, while the Deccan Peninsula occupies the southern triangle from sea to sea. The area lying between the foothills of Himalayas and the Deccan plateau is in the form of a big trough. It extends from Arabian Sea in … Read more