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SHORT HISTORY OF INDIAN RAILWAYS IBD

RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LT
05 / 2019
9789353332877
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Sinopsis

Did you know that India?s first steam engine never ran on tracks and was actually used to rundriving mills in a factory?That the maximum speed of the first commercial train in India was 4.5 miles/hour?That the country?s first-ever steam locomotive could never be introduced commercially since itwas destroyed in a factory blast?That the locomotive engine for the maiden rail run between Bombay and Thane was pulled by200 coolies on streets?That there actually was a plan to build a rail network from the English Channel all the way tothe river Indus?This is a people?s history of Indian Railways. Anecdotes and stories are curated from the time thefirst wagon rolled in India, up to the advent of bullet trains.

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