Category:
Railway History
ISBN Number:
81 85425 54 X
Blurb of Book:
Being employed as a railway engineer his memoirs naturally give us a detailed account of the development and growth of the railways in the erstwhile Hyderabad State and contribute substantially to sparse historical material available on railways
Name of Publisher:
Manohar Publications
Edition of the Book:
First
Print Year:
1991
Print Location:
New Delhi, India
Cyril Jones joined the Nizam's State Railway as a young civil engineer in 1904. He spend over 30 years with the Railway rising to become its Managing Director. His duties led to extensive travel throughout the Nizam's territories which afforded him ample opportunity to interact with officials, local elites and look closely at society at the time. He comes through as a competent engineer and a mature manager who contributed immesely to the development of the Nizam's State Railway.