The plan of building railway in India was put forward from London in 1940. British wanted the railway in India to build economic ties within two countries; India and Great Britain. In 1843 an engineer Graham Clark stepped in the Mumbai harbour. He came for the investigation for where the railway construction can be done and the cotton can be transported.
The railway dawned in 16th April 1853 in India. The first train ran from Mumbai (that time Bombay) to Thane. The journey started at 3:35pm with 400 passengers. That trains had 14 bogies. It covered the distance of 33.81km in one hour and 15 minutes. However it was first commercial train run in India. Many trains were run for hauling purpose before that. On 15thAugust 1854 the second train started from Howrah to Hubali. On 1st July 1856 in South India, Vyasarpadi was joined to Royapuram with third train.
In 1845 the railway was constructed for carrying stone and other manufacturing purpose for irrigation. Subsequently the manufacture of railway parts and construction of railway was commenced in different parts of the country. In 1895 our nation started to manufacture own parts. In few time many states got their independence in the railway constructions and operations. The remote regions like Rajasthan, Assam, Andhra Pradesh were also joined to the main parts of country. The railway joined the various parts of the India as well. It brought many intended and unintended consequences in the country. It bound nation’s traditional, cultural, commercial, social fabrics.
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