Category:
Railway History
Blurb of Book:
The volume deals with the seminal period of Indian History 1870-1900, when the British Imperial Glory was at its height and the miseries of the people were heart rending..... famines, and epidemics.. campaigns against Afghanistan... had telling effects ..
Name of Publisher:
Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway
Edition of the Book:
First
Print Location:
Bombay (Mumbai), India
Where to buy:
Out of Print
The volume covers a period of growth and expansion on the G.I.P. Railway when traffic was booming and the Victoria Terminus building was built. It also enumerates intersting details of difficulties faced owing to famine, epidemics of cholera and Bubonic Plague and the challenges of war on the Aghan front and elsewhere. The Indian Midland Railway was set up for dvelopment of the route from Bhopal to Kanpur and Gwalior via Jhansi. The details are gleaned from original correspondence between the Agent in India and management of the Company in London.