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What is the meaning of railway staff college?

The Railway Staff College is the Alma Mater for the officers of the Indian Railways. It is situated in a sprawling campus of 55 acres of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, Vadodara. It provides training to all levels of IR officers, from probationers to General Managers.

The college was founded in 1930 at Dehradun and then shifted to its present regal sylvan surroundings at Vadodara, in 1952. It is housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace (built in 1914 AD) surrounded by lush green lawns and designed by C. F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property comprising of 55 acres of garden and wooded land, enlivened by the calls of peacocks and migratory birds, was purchased from the Gaikwads (erstwhile rulers) of Vadodara.

It was in Dehradun, shifted to Baroda.

It was in Dehradun, shifted to Baroda.

It should be in Delhi.

Vadodara is a famous place.

This is the best prefer center in India.

This is the best prefer centre in India. It can get many advantages for managing it.

When was it shifted to Vododara from Dehradun?

It is in vadodara.