Marwar junction | |
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City | |
  Marwar junction Location in Rajasthan, India  Marwar junction Marwar junction (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′59″N 73°36′00″E / 25.733°N 73.6°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Pali |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,004 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 306001 |
| Telephone code | 02935 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ-22 |
| Sex ratio | 928 ♂/♀ |
Marwar Junction is a census town and tehsil headquarter in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. This is an important railway junction on Ahemdabad - Delhi mainline in Pali district .
Ajmer-Ahmedabad meter gauge opened in 1881 under Rajasthan State Railway and Marwar Junction railway station became the junction on 24 June 1882 on opening of Marwar-Pali section for Jodhpur railway.[1] Mavli-Marwar Junction metre gauge was opened in 1936.[2] It is now on the broad gauge Delhi-Ahmedabad line.
Marwar Junction is mentioned in Kipling's "The Man Who Would be King" where Peachy Carnahan tells Kipling to meet Daniel Dravot on the morning of the 24th as Dravot travels on the Bombay mail.