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A rail system in India was first proposed in 1832 in Madras but it never materialised. In the 1840s,
other proposals were forwarded to the British East India Company who governed India. The Governor-General of India at that time, Lord Hardinge deliberated on the proposal from the commercial, military and political viewpoints.
September 22, 1842, British civil engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles,
( Civil engineers Marilyn Reece &
Carol Schumaker, at a Reece-designed freeway interchange,
Los Angeles, 1964. )
submitted a Report on a Proposed Railway in India to the East India Company
By 1845, two companies, the East Indian Railway Company [ The East Indian Railway Company, later known as the East Indian Railway (EIR), introduced railways to eastern and northern India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, . The company was established on 1 June 1845 in London by a deed of settlement with a capital of £4,000,000, largely raised in London. ] operating from Calcutta, On 1 January 1925 the British Indian Government took over the management of the East Indian Railway and divided it into six divisions: Howrah, Asansol, Danapur, Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad. On 14 April 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India inauagurated two new zones of the first six zones of the Indian Railways. One of them, the Northern Railway had the three "up-stream" divisions of East Indian Railway: Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad, while the other, the Eastern Railway had the three "down-stream" divisions: Howrah, Asansol and Danapur and the complete Bengal Nagpur Railway
and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) incorporated on August 1, 1849 by an act of the British Parliament, It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On August 17, 1849 it entered into a formal contract with the East India Company for the construction and operation of an experimental line, 56 km long, to form part of a trunk line connecting Bombay with Khandesh and Berar and generally with the other presidencies of India.operating from Bori Bunder in Bombay, later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus were formed for South Indian Railway, Central India Railway and the North Western Railway operated in other parts of India
The first train in India was operational on December 22, 1851, used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee [Roorkee is a City and a Municipal council in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is also known for Roorkee Cantonment, one of country's oldest cantonments, and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group (Bengal Sappers) since 1853
It is located on the banks of the Ganga canal and Yamuna River on the National highway between Delhi and Dehradun. ].
A few months later, on April 16, 1853, the first passenger train between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles) was inaugurated, formally heralding the birth of railways in India.
other proposals were forwarded to the British East India Company who governed India. The Governor-General of India at that time, Lord Hardinge deliberated on the proposal from the commercial, military and political viewpoints.
September 22, 1842, British civil engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles,
Carol Schumaker, at a Reece-designed freeway interchange,
Los Angeles, 1964. )
submitted a Report on a Proposed Railway in India to the East India Company
By 1845, two companies, the East Indian Railway Company [ The East Indian Railway Company, later known as the East Indian Railway (EIR), introduced railways to eastern and northern India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, . The company was established on 1 June 1845 in London by a deed of settlement with a capital of £4,000,000, largely raised in London. ] operating from Calcutta, On 1 January 1925 the British Indian Government took over the management of the East Indian Railway and divided it into six divisions: Howrah, Asansol, Danapur, Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad. On 14 April 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India inauagurated two new zones of the first six zones of the Indian Railways. One of them, the Northern Railway had the three "up-stream" divisions of East Indian Railway: Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad, while the other, the Eastern Railway had the three "down-stream" divisions: Howrah, Asansol and Danapur and the complete Bengal Nagpur Railway
and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) incorporated on August 1, 1849 by an act of the British Parliament, It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On August 17, 1849 it entered into a formal contract with the East India Company for the construction and operation of an experimental line, 56 km long, to form part of a trunk line connecting Bombay with Khandesh and Berar and generally with the other presidencies of India.operating from Bori Bunder in Bombay, later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus were formed for South Indian Railway, Central India Railway and the North Western Railway operated in other parts of India
The first train in India was operational on December 22, 1851, used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee [Roorkee is a City and a Municipal council in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is also known for Roorkee Cantonment, one of country's oldest cantonments, and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group (Bengal Sappers) since 1853
It is located on the banks of the Ganga canal and Yamuna River on the National highway between Delhi and Dehradun. ].
A few months later, on April 16, 1853, the first passenger train between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles) was inaugurated, formally heralding the birth of railways in India.
