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The initial plans were for the many bridges over the Ganges tributaries to be built of bricks: hundreds of millions were needed. Brick-making skills were very limited and often the available clay was found to be unsuitable. Transport by river of suitable clay was difficult. Brick availability became
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argue that because the contracts signed between East India Company and EIR in 1849 guaranteed 5% return on all capital invested, initially there was no inducement for economy or for employing Indians instead of high-paid Europeans (but initially, there were only experienced British railway civil
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coalfields. By June, there was an impasse, in that the government did not allow Turnbull and his engineers to mark a route on the ground. Specifications for works were however advertised on 1 July and tenders received on 31 July for six contracts. Bamboo towers 80 feet (24 m) tall were then
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By 1859, there were 77 engines, 228 coaches and 848 freight wagons. By the end of 1877 the company owned 507 steam locomotives, 982 coaches and 6,701 goods wagons. In 1900 the wagon stock was under 14,000 wagons, in 1905 it was over 17,000 wagons.
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On 29 January 1851 the East Indian Railway Company took possession of its first land. Turnbull and other British engineers began detailed surveys of the line. They chose the critical crossing point on the 5,000-foot-wide (1,500 m)
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During the first 16 weeks, the company was delighted to carry 109,634 passengers: 83,118 third class, 21,005 second class, and 5511 first class. The gross earnings, including the receipts of a few tons of merchandise were ÂŁ6793.
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did not then exist). In April 1854, it was estimated that over 100,000 tons of rails, 27,000 tons of chairs, and some 8000 tons of keys, fish-plates, pins, nuts and bolts were needed.
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engineers and no Indian ones). EIR was stated in 1867 to have spent as much as Rs 300,000 on each mile of railway, the construction described by a former Finance Member in India as
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a major problem, so the decision was made to use vast quantities of ironwork – imported from England as India had no iron works at that time. Much ironwork was stolen during the
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operated in other parts of India. The company was established on 1 June 1845 in London by a deed of settlement with a capital of ÂŁ4,000,000, largely raised in London.
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with its coalfields on 3 February 1855. In 1855, 617,281 passengers were carried and contracts made to carry 100,000 tons of coal from the Raniganj colliery to Howrah.
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and the East Indian Railway Company on 17 August 1849, entitling the latter to construct and operate an "experimental" line between Calcutta and
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Tenders for 11 contracts arrived on 31 October 1851. In December Turnbull continued his survey: he took levels and defined the line from
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On 1 January 1925 the British Indian Government took over the management of the East Indian Railway and divided it into six divisions:
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section was opened to traffic, and between 1862 and 1866 all gaps between Howrah and Delhi were filled, and the connection to
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437-page memoirs published privately 1893, scanned copy held in the British Library, London on compact disk since 2007
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had the three "up-stream" divisions of East Indian Railway: Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad, while the other, the
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All permanent way and rolling stock was transported from Britain in sailing ships to Calcutta via the
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and others over two days to Benares inspecting the line on the way. They stopped the first night at
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at Allahabad and at Delhi were completed in 1865 and 1866 respectively. In June 1867 the Allahabad-
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epidemic in the Rajmahal district killed some 4000 labourers and many of the British engineers.
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on 7 February to celebrate the building of the railway and particularly the bridging of the
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surveyed, statistically studied and costed the potential traffic for a railway route from
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On 7 May 1850, the East Indian Railway Company's managing director Macdonald Stephenson,
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had the three "down-stream" divisions: Howrah, Asansol and Danapur and the complete
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The Chief Engineer responsible for all this construction from 1851 to 1862 was
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The 541 miles (871 kilometres) of line from Howrah to Benares were opened to:
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Plaque at Howrah station for first train in Eastern India on 15 August 1854
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The first board of directors formed in 1845 comprised thirteen members and
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Including branch lines this totalled 601 miles (967 kilometres).
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The loop from Khana Junction to Kiul via Jamalpur, including the
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branch was completed and a connection made at Jabalpur with the
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Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)
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Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)
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and Danapore to Mughal Sarai were completed in the meantime.
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A Peoples History of India Vol 28. Indian Economy 1858–1914
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branch in February 1862. In the same year the line reached
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The Early History of the East Indian Railway 1845–1879
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in Delhi started in 1863 which was popularly known as
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via the present line beyond Kiul. The sections from
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Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
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The best route to 18:East Indian Railway Company Purchase Act 1879 8: 3444:Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines 3344:Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines 2682:Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines 1722:Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line 1576:Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines 650:river, the largest tributary of the Ganges. 457:First train of the East Indian Railway, 1854 32: 3449:Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line 3349:Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line 3117:Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway 847: 845: 843: 841: 3218: 3196: 3182: 3174: 2581: 2567: 2559: 2358: 2124: 2022: 1910:New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line 1550: 1475: 1461: 1453: 1330: 1316: 1308: 1153: 1129: 1117: 1088: 941: 913: 872: 680:the most extravagant works ever undertaken 209:(the then commercial capital of India) to 31: 1275:. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Company. 979: 901: 642:and inspected it. In Benares there was a 615:On 5 February 1863, a special train from 1783:Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line 1377:Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 698:was opened in 1859. In 1860, the Kanpur- 177:Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 1945:Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line 928:Archiv fĂĽr Post und Telegraphie, Band 7 811: 595:rivers and the masonry bridge over the 1717:Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line 795:Rail transport in India § History 661:of 7 February 1863 paragraph 5 as the 405:wood for sleepers were delivered from 3549:Railway companies established in 1845 1646:New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section 1237:from the original on 10 November 2022 1209:from the original on 10 November 2022 1165: 140:Map of the East Indian Railway, 1863. 7: 3554:1845 establishments in British India 1763:Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line 1412:Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway 583:The most significant bridge was the 1189: 1177: 1105: 1076: 889: 3539:Defunct railway companies of India 2930:Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway 2797:Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line 1272:History of the East Indian Railway 961:from the original on 26 April 2022 167:, while the Companies such as the 25: 2657:Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line 2344:Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut 1957:Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line 1631:Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section 1303:. New Delhi: National Book Trust. 1058:from the original on 21 June 2018 1032:from the original on 1 March 2020 1002:from the original on 21 June 2018 663:"First railway engineer of India" 421:in England and shipped to India. 3513: 3512: 3097:Bengal and North Western Railway 2967:Patiala State Monorail Trainways 2842:Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line 1793:Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line 1571:Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 1422:Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway 1362:Bengal and North Western Railway 1230:World Survey of Foreign Railways 657:who was acclaimed in the Indian 585:girder bridge over the Son River 560:. George Turnbull inspected the 38: 27:Railway company in British India 3559:1952 disestablishments in India 3359:Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line 3107:Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway 3011:Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli 2925:Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway 2847:Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line 2055:Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway 1835:Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line 1702:Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line 1203:"Indian Railway Classification" 955:"EIR Steam Railway Motor Coach" 686:Later 19th-century developments 401:Although immense quantities of 203:"with diligence and discretion" 3369:Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section 3006:Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 2045:Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway 1920:Sealdah Main and North section 1747:Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section 1402:Great Indian Peninsula Railway 1338:Class I railways according to 716:Great Indian Peninsula Railway 258:built above the palm trees at 169:Great Indian Peninsula Railway 1: 3374:Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section 3163:Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor 3072:Indian Branch Railway Company 2822:Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line 2517:Indian Branch Railway Company 2329:Burn Standard Company Limited 2314:Chittaranjan Locomotive Works 2060:Futwah–Islampur Light Railway 1885:Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line 1880:Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line 1788:Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line 1737:Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section 1707:Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section 1591:Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line 1340:Indian Railway Classification 857:Centre of South Asian Studies 783:Indian Railway Classification 567:Across the River Ganges from 349:until 1947, but added to the 3241:Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line 3158:1974 railway strike in India 3127:Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 3102:Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 2787:Marwar Junction–Munabao line 2722:Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line 2334:Bharat Wagon and Engineering 1915:Santragachi–Amta branch line 1875:Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1870:Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop 1778:Railways in Jharia Coalfield 1616:Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line 1611:Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line 1533:Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line 1437:Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 996:"Old Yamuna Bridge, 1863-66" 706:built. The bridges over the 199:Rowland Macdonald Stephenson 193:Rowland Macdonald Stephenson 3364:Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section 3077:Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway 3047:East Indian Railway Company 2609:New Delhi–Chennai main line 2507:East Indian Railway Company 2180:Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 1905:Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line 1890:Howrah–Barddhaman main line 1768:Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 1712:Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section 1427:North Western State Railway 1269:Huddleston, George (1906). 579:Bridges, tunnel and cholera 409:, yet more were needed. So 391:Nasmyth, Wilson and Company 291:were submitted on 16 June. 146:East Indian Railway Company 3575: 3434:Barauni–Samastipur section 3379:Barauni–Samastipur section 3087:Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway 2837:Varanasi–Lucknow main line 2812:Mughalsarai–Kanpur section 2614:New Delhi–Mumbai main line 2589:Railways in Northern India 2096:Dehri Rohtas Light Railway 1940:Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line 1845:Andal–Sitarampur loop line 1840:Andal–Sainthia branch line 1677:Barauni–Samastipur section 1651:Tatanagar–Bilaspur section 1586:Barsoi–New Farakka section 1528:Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line 1523:Howrah–New Delhi main line 619:took George Turnbull, the 611:Celebrations on completion 159:), introduced railways to 3518:Railway stations in Bihar 3508: 3410:line (under construction) 3400:line (under construction) 3390:line (under construction) 3290:Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line 3275:Patna–Mughalsarai section 2106:Parlakimedi Light Railway 2076:Bengal Provincial Railway 1860:Bardhaman–Asansol section 1809:Khurda Road–Bolangir line 1732:Patna–Mughalsarai section 1667:Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line 1636:Kothavalasa–Kirandul line 1518:Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line 1483:Railways in Eastern India 1347: 722:20th-century developments 345:until 1942 and later the 37: 3092:Lucknow–Bareilly Railway 3082:Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway 3001:Banaras Locomotive Works 2792:Mathura–Vadodara section 2707:Chandigarh–Sahnewal line 2667:Amritsar–Khem Karan line 2319:Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam 2091:Mayurbhanj State Railway 2081:East Coast State Railway 1989:Kolkata Circular Railway 1984:Kolkata Suburban Railway 1930:Kolkata Circular Railway 1925:Calcutta Chord link line 1773:Dhanbad–Chandrapura line 1581:Barkakana–Son Nagar line 1508:Howrah–Chennai main line 1357:Bengal and Assam Railway 1280:Mukherjee, Hena (1995). 432:Indian Rebellion of 1857 347:Bengal and Assam Railway 3429:Barauni–Katihar section 3122:Segowlie–Raxaul Railway 3067:Oudh and Tirhut Railway 3057:Rajputana–Malwa Railway 2827:Suratgarh–Bathinda line 2732:Jalandhar–Firozpur line 2672:Amritsar–Pathankot line 2527:Martin's Light Railways 2459:near India–Nepal border 2040:Bankura–Damodar Railway 1672:Barauni–Katihar section 1432:Oudh and Tirhut Railway 1284:. Calcutta: Firma KLM. 638:. They alighted at the 3454:Mokama–Barauni section 3309:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 3256:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 3236:Howrah–Delhi main line 2865:Delhi Suburban Railway 2802:Merta Road–Rewari line 2772:Lucknow–Moradabad line 2767:Lucknow–Gorakhpur line 2752:Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line 2652:Ahmedabad–Udaipur line 2619:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 2604:Howrah–Delhi main line 2548:Suburban rail in India 2086:Kalighat Falta Railway 2035:Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway 1895:Howrah–Bardhaman chord 1814:Cuttack–Sambalpur line 1692:Mokama–Barauni section 1513:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 1392:Eastern Punjab Railway 1387:Eastern Bengal Railway 482: 458: 343:Eastern Bengal Railway 141: 3439:Barauni–Guwahati line 3285:Asansol–Patna section 3251:Barauni–Guwahati line 3052:Kangra Valley Railway 3042:North Western Railway 3037:North Central Railway 3032:North Eastern Railway 2832:Varanasi–Chhapra line 2807:Moradabad–Ambala line 2777:Ludhiana–Fazilka line 2747:Jodhpur–Bathinda line 2692:Bathinda–Rajpura line 2677:Aunrihar–Jaunpur line 2629:Jaipur–Ahmedabad line 2512:Bengal Nagpur Railway 2324:Braithwaite & Co. 2120:Zones & Divisions 2101:Patna–Digha Ghat line 2050:Burdwan–Katwa Railway 1952:Sealdah South section 1900:Howrah–Kharagpur line 1855:Bankura–Masagram line 1621:Katihar–Siliguri line 1566:Asansol–Patna section 1498:Barauni–Guwahati line 1407:Jodhpur State Railway 1372:Bikaner State Railway 1367:Bengal Nagpur Railway 1260:Habib, Irfan (2006). 1142:George Turnbull, C.E. 1022:"A bridge of stories" 771:Bengal Nagpur Railway 673:Some historians like 480: 456: 437:Construction work of 266:to set out the line. 181:North-Western Railway 139: 3319:Asansol–Gaya section 2951:Kalka–Shimla Railway 2782:Ludhiana–Jakhal line 2762:Laksar–Dehradun line 2757:Kanpur–Delhi section 2742:Jammu–Baramulla line 2737:Jalandhar–Jammu line 2727:Delhi–Moradabad line 2687:Bathinda–Rewari line 1935:Sealdah–Bangaon line 1865:Bardhaman–Katwa line 1596:Dumka–Bhagalpur line 1561:Asansol–Gaya section 1547:Other lines/sections 1442:South Indian Railway 1417:Mysore State Railway 1352:Assam Bengal Railway 861:Cambridge University 493:on 1 September 1854. 253:on the route to the 173:South Indian Railway 3479:Munger Ganga Bridge 3474:Digha–Sonpur Bridge 2992:Manufacturing units 2920:Rapid Metro Gurgaon 2697:Bikaner–Rewari line 2647:Agra–Bhopal section 1830:Ahmadpur–Katwa line 1742:Raxaul–Sagauli line 1682:Fatuha–Tilaiya line 1626:Kharagpur–Puri line 1606:Hatia–Rourkela line 1397:East Indian Railway 982:, pp. 113–140. 904:, pp. 136–137. 761:. One of them, the 351:East Indian Railway 315:East Indian Railway 150:East Indian Railway 148:, operating as the 34: 33:East Indian Railway 2983:Jammu–Sialkot line 2856:Urban and suburban 2817:Rewari–Rohtak line 2712:Delhi–Fazilka line 2662:Ambala–Attari line 2246:Northeast Frontier 1299:Rao, M.A. (1988). 1264:. Aligarh: Tulika. 1054:. 25 August 2003. 753:On 14 April 1952, 525:(now known as the 483: 459: 413:sleepers from the 355:Partition of India 219:East India Company 142: 3544:Bengal Presidency 3526: 3525: 3462: 3461: 3171: 3170: 3020:Railway companies 2944:Heritage railways 2935:Delhi–Meerut RRTS 2702:Bhanupli–Leh line 2624:Delhi–Jaipur line 2595:National network/ 2556: 2555: 2500:Railway companies 2452: 2451: 2305:Production units/ 2300: 2299: 2114: 2113: 1965: 1964: 1850:Bandel–Katwa line 1489:National network/ 1450: 1449: 1192:, pp. 42–43. 1168:, pp. 36–37. 1079:, pp. 18–19. 763:Northern Railways 571:in December 1862. 499:in February 1855. 439:Old Yamuna Bridge 367:Cape of Good Hope 134: 133: 16:(Redirected from 3566: 3516: 3515: 3222:National network 3219: 3198: 3191: 3184: 3175: 3027:Northern Railway 2717:Delhi–Kalka line 2583: 2576: 2569: 2560: 2457:Indian railheads 2359: 2125: 2023: 2005:Kolkata Monorail 1551: 1477: 1470: 1463: 1454: 1332: 1325: 1318: 1309: 1304: 1295: 1276: 1265: 1247: 1246: 1244: 1242: 1225: 1219: 1218: 1216: 1214: 1199: 1193: 1187: 1181: 1175: 1169: 1163: 1157: 1151: 1145: 1139: 1133: 1127: 1121: 1115: 1109: 1103: 1092: 1086: 1080: 1074: 1068: 1067: 1065: 1063: 1048: 1042: 1041: 1039: 1037: 1028:. 19 June 2016. 1018: 1012: 1011: 1009: 1007: 992: 983: 977: 971: 970: 968: 966: 951: 945: 939: 933: 932: 923: 917: 911: 905: 899: 893: 887: 876: 870: 864: 849: 836: 835: 833: 831: 822:. Archived from 816: 785:System of 1926. 767:Eastern Railways 755:Jawaharlal Nehru 659:Official Gazette 628:Sir Cecil Beadon 511:in October 1858. 82: 80: 67: 65: 42: 35: 21: 3574: 3573: 3569: 3568: 3567: 3565: 3564: 3563: 3529: 3528: 3527: 3522: 3504: 3458: 3419: 3413: 3334: 3328: 3324:Patna–Gaya line 3294: 3280:Patna–Gaya line 3260: 3223: 3214: 3208: 3202: 3172: 3167: 3148:Indian Railways 3136: 3015: 2993: 2987: 2971: 2955: 2939: 2857: 2851: 2639: 2633: 2596: 2590: 2587: 2557: 2552: 2531: 2522:Indian Railways 2495: 2466:Raxaul Junction 2458: 2448: 2413: 2355:with Bangladesh 2354: 2348: 2306: 2296: 2263: 2240: 2222: 2194: 2156: 2110: 2064: 2027: 2014: 1993: 1971: 1961: 1818: 1797: 1751: 1727:Patna–Gaya line 1655: 1542: 1490: 1484: 1481: 1451: 1446: 1343: 1336: 1301:Indian Railways 1298: 1292: 1279: 1268: 1259: 1256: 1251: 1250: 1240: 1238: 1227: 1226: 1222: 1212: 1210: 1201: 1200: 1196: 1188: 1184: 1176: 1172: 1164: 1160: 1154:Huddleston 1906 1152: 1148: 1140: 1136: 1130:Huddleston 1906 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Index

East Indian Railway Company Purchase Act 1879

Railways
Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Rail transport

reporting mark
East India
North India
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
South Indian Railway
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
North-Western Railway
Rowland Macdonald Stephenson
Rowland Macdonald Stephenson
Calcutta
Delhi
Mirzapur
East India Company
Rajmahal
George Turnbull
Howrah
River Hooghly
Calcutta
Burdwan
Raniganj

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