A special tourist train that will take passengers to cities associated with social reformer BR Ambedkar across the country was on Friday flagged off from New Delhi on the occasion of his 132nd birth anniversary.

The Bharat Gaurav tourist train tour on the Ambedkar Circuit was flagged off by Union Minister of Tourism G Kishan Reddy and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar from the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station.

• The train will take passengers on a seven nights and eight days tour and include key sites in Maharashtra and Bihar.
• This eight-day special tour covers eight significant places associated with Ambedkar i.e., New Delhi, Mhow, Nagpur, Sanchi, Sarnath, Gaya, Rajgir, and Nalanda. 
• This tourist train aims at giving a glimpse of the life and legacy of BR Ambedkar to all the passengers.