the whole face of the kingdom is to be tattooed with these odious deformities—huge mounds are to intersect our beautiful valleys ; the noise and stench of locomotive steam-engines are to disturb the quietude of the peasant the farmer and the gentleman ; and the roaring of the bullocks the bleating of sheep and the grunting of pigs to keep up one continual uproar through the night along the lines [...] Beyond the Ghats after a few hundred miles of ucountry lay the Vindhyachal Mountains blocking the route to the north and the east on the one hand and to the south on the other. [...] The Hooghly the Brahmaputra the Padma the Ganga the Jamuna the Mahanadi the Narbada the Godavari and a whole network of their tributaries and seasonal torrents required the best skill of engineers a great deal of costly material and a large number of trained labourers to build bridges over their untamed waters. [...] The figures for 1891-92 of the Great Indian Peninsula and the Bombay and Baroda Railways show that the share of surplus profits of the shareholders of the former in that year was Rs 51 87 260 and of the latter Rs 17 98 260 besides contributions to provident fund.' The shareholders made a further substantial gain in terms of the exchange ratio. [...] Therefore as long as the management is in the hands of companies the exclusion of Indians from higher ranks of the railway service must continue whereas if the management were to be passed over to the Government there would be 'more state employment of Indians in the higher ranks of the services and this in due course is bound to lead to greater economy in the management of the railways.' Du
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- 287
- Published in
- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.145558
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Frontmatter
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I. The Beginning
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1-9 | unknown | view |
II. A Network is Built
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10-15 | unknown | view |
III. Growth of Companies
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16-26 | unknown | view |
IV. Towards Nationalisation
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27-34 | unknown | view |
V. State Assumes Control
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35-40 | unknown | view |
VI. The Track
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41-45 | unknown | view |
VII. Battle of the Ghats
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46-52 | unknown | view |
VIII. Bridges
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53-62 | unknown | view |
IX. Pride in Architecture
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63-viii | unknown | view |
X. Permanent Way and Signals
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69-viii | unknown | view |
XI. Coaches
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77-iv | unknown | view |
XII. Wagons
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85-ii | unknown | view |
XIII. Locomotives
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89-x | unknown | view |
XIV. Keeping the Wheels Moving
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101-ii | unknown | view |
XV. Chittaranjan
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105-110 | unknown | view |
XVI. Electricity Introduces a Revolution
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111-115 | unknown | view |
XVII. Hill Railways
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116-121 | unknown | view |
XVIII. Employees
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122-128 | unknown | view |
XIX. Passenger Traffic
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129-134 | unknown | view |
XX. A Tourist’s Paradise
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135-138 | unknown | view |
XXI. Goods Traffic
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139-145 | unknown | view |
XXII. Development of Industries and Postal Services
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146-149 | unknown | view |
XXIII. Since Independence
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150-161 | unknown | view |
XXIV. Regrouping of Railways
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162-166 | unknown | view |
XXV. Looking Ahead
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167-172 | unknown | view |
Appendices
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173-iv | unknown | view |
Bibliography
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197-200 | unknown | view |