Indias Disappearing Railways

Author : Angus McDonald
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781783130115
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India's Disappearing Railways written by Angus McDonald and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Royal Geographic Society, opening December 2014.

Author : Arup K. Chatterjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9388414233
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Railways written by Arup K. Chatterjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following an experimental railway track at Chintadripet, in 1835, the battle for India's first railroad was fought bitterly between John Chapman's Great Indian Peninsular Railway and Rowland MacDonald Stephenson's East India Railway Company, which was merged with Dwarkanauth Tagore's Great Western of Bengal Railway. Even at the height of the Mutiny of 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar promised Indian owned railway tracks for native merchants if Badshahi rule was restored in Delhi. From Jules Verne to Rudyard Kipling to Mark Twain to Rabindranath Tagore to Nirad C. Chaudhuri to R.K. Narayan and Ruskin Bond-the aura of Indian trains and railway stations have enchanted many writers and poets. With iconic cinematography from The Apu Trilogy, Aradhana, Sonar Kella, Sholay, Gandhi, Dil Se, Parineeta, Barfi, Gangs of Wasseypur, and numerous others, Indian cinema has paved the way for mythical railroads in the national psyche. The Great Indian Railways takes us on a historic adventure through many junctions of India's hidden railway legends, for the first time in a book replete with anecdotes from imperial politics, European and Indian accounts, the battlefronts of the Indian nationalist movement, Indian cinema, songs, advertisements, and much more, in an ever-expanding cultural biography of the Great Indian Railways. Dubbed as 'one of a kind' this awe-inspiring saga is 'compulsive reading.' 'In this fascinating cultural history, Arup K Chatterjee charts the extraordinary journey of the Indian Railways, from the laying of the very first sleeper to the first post-Independence bogey. It evokes our collective accumulation of those innumerable memories of platform chai and rail-gaadi stories, bringing alive through myriad voices and tales the biography of one of India's defining public institutions.' – Shashi Tharoor, Author, M.P., Lok Sabha 'The Great Indian Railways is a fascinating and well-researched cultural biography of the Indian Railways-those intricate arteries of the soul of India, as have been experienced, written, filmed, and dreamed. We cannot all travel by rail to know India, as Gandhiji did, but we can and should read this book!' – Tabish Khair, Author, Professor

Author : John Hurd II
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004230033
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India's Railway History written by John Hurd II and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India’s railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.

Author : Guilford Lindsey Molesworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Railway Policy written by Guilford Lindsey Molesworth and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stuart Sweeney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317323769
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875–1914 written by Stuart Sweeney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment to promote trade and commerce, the distribution of food and military mobility. Sweeney's study focuses on Britain's largest overseas investment project during the nineteenth century, offering a new perspective on the Anglo-Indian experience.

Author : George Huddleston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the East Indian Railway written by George Huddleston and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher : Oswaal Books and Learning Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357286969
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oswaal NCERT One for All for UPSC and State PSC's Indian History Classes 6 to 12 (Old and New NCERT Edition) (For 2023-2024 Exam) written by Oswaal Editorial Board and published by Oswaal Books and Learning Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-06-24 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benefits of the book which distinguish it from others: ♦ Complete coverage of NCERT Textbook Latest Edition ♦ Useful for UPSC, State PSCs and other central & state govt. competitive exams ♦ Chapter-wise summary to cover all important points ♦ Chapter-wise NCERT-based MCQs with difficulty levels: Moderate (State PSCs and other government exams, ♦ Advanced (UPSC) and Previous years questions of all relevant exams (UPSC, State PSC and other government exams) ♦ 100% detailed solutions ♦ Questions exactly as per exam pattern

Author : K. B. Verma
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171881215
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings in Indian Railway Finance written by K. B. Verma and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 1998 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.

Author : Bibek Debroy
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 0143439723
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Railways written by Bibek Debroy and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the network that made modern India The railways brought modernity to India. Its vast network connected the far corners of the subcontinent, making travel, communication and commerce simpler than ever before. Even more importantly, the railways played a large part in the making of the nation: by connecting historically and geographically disparate regions and people, it forever changed the way Indians lived and thought, and eventually made a national identity possible. This engagingly written, anecdotally told history captures the immense power of a business behemoth as well as the romance of train travel; tracing the growth of the railways from the 1830s (when the first plans were made) to Independence, Bibek Debroy and his co-authors recount how the railway network was built in India and how it grew to become a lifeline that still weaves the nation together. This latest volume in The Story of Indian Business series will delight anyone interested in finding out more about the Indian Railways.

Author : John Hurd II
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004231153
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India's Railway History written by John Hurd II and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has had operating railways for well-over 150 years: railways that have played a central and well-documented role in the making of India in the colonial and post-colonial eras. This handbook provides a reference guide for researchers interested in almost any facet of the history, colonial and post-colonial, of these railways. The secondary literature is identified and surveyed, primary sources and their locations identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed and presented, and a massive bibliography made available. This handbook is the indispensable tool for anyone seeking to understand India's railways and the roles they played in the making of modern India.