Khem Karn Railway Station
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which was captured by Pakistani military during the war of 1965. It was the site of a major tank battle in 1965 resulting it also being known as the graveyard of tanks. In pic you would see Commander-in-Chief Pakistan Army, General Muhammad Musa visiting the captured Khemkaran Railway Station which was then in Amritsar Distrcit and now in Tarn Taran District. Before partition it was in Lahore Dist.
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The town used to be easily accessible to the city of Kasur, Pakistan only 8 km away, and to Ferozepur 35 km away, but since India and Pakistan enacted border controls in 1953, the residents of the Khem Karan have been essentially cut off from both towns - Kasur lies in Pakistan, while the road to Ferozepur cuts through Pakistan, resulting in a detour of an extra 70 kilometre's drive. The townpeople, and those from surrounding villages, must now travel a long distance to Amritsar or Tarn Taran to procure any major goods, causing great inconvenience, and economic stagnation.
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