Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241478375
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
The railways did more than link India - they brought its people together, changing histories, forging destinies, and leaving a lasting legacy. This sumptuously illustrated ebook traces that history from the early plans of the 1830s - from the laying of the first line, and the expansion of the train network into the heart of the country, to the role of the railways in India's momentous freedom movement and the high-speed Diamond Quadrilateral project. Indian Railways does more than celebrate the awe-inspiring bridges, stations, tunnels, and locomotives of the railway system. It traces the development of technology, explores the operational and commercial aspects of train travel, and documents the railways' transition from a colonial tool of expansion and trade to an intricate system with a distinct national identity. Most of all, it tells the story of the people who built and planned the railways and the locomotives that ran on them - their vision, their triumphs and tragedies, and their legacy.
Indian Railways
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241478375
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
The railways did more than link India - they brought its people together, changing histories, forging destinies, and leaving a lasting legacy. This sumptuously illustrated ebook traces that history from the early plans of the 1830s - from the laying of the first line, and the expansion of the train network into the heart of the country, to the role of the railways in India's momentous freedom movement and the high-speed Diamond Quadrilateral project. Indian Railways does more than celebrate the awe-inspiring bridges, stations, tunnels, and locomotives of the railway system. It traces the development of technology, explores the operational and commercial aspects of train travel, and documents the railways' transition from a colonial tool of expansion and trade to an intricate system with a distinct national identity. Most of all, it tells the story of the people who built and planned the railways and the locomotives that ran on them - their vision, their triumphs and tragedies, and their legacy.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241478375
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
The railways did more than link India - they brought its people together, changing histories, forging destinies, and leaving a lasting legacy. This sumptuously illustrated ebook traces that history from the early plans of the 1830s - from the laying of the first line, and the expansion of the train network into the heart of the country, to the role of the railways in India's momentous freedom movement and the high-speed Diamond Quadrilateral project. Indian Railways does more than celebrate the awe-inspiring bridges, stations, tunnels, and locomotives of the railway system. It traces the development of technology, explores the operational and commercial aspects of train travel, and documents the railways' transition from a colonial tool of expansion and trade to an intricate system with a distinct national identity. Most of all, it tells the story of the people who built and planned the railways and the locomotives that ran on them - their vision, their triumphs and tragedies, and their legacy.
The Great Indian Railways
Author: Arup K. Chatterjee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9388414233
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9388414233
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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
Indian Railways Described
Author: John Whitehead (of the Stock Exchange.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Classified List of Gazetted Establishment of Indian Railways
Author: India. Railway Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Reports for includes the distribution return of gazetted establishments of miscellaneous offices and other railways.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Reports for includes the distribution return of gazetted establishments of miscellaneous offices and other railways.
Iconic Bridges of Indian Railways
Author: Dr. Yatindra Pal Singh
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Bridges are inseparable part of Indian Railways. They span raging rivers and deep gorges. Among the innumerable railway bridges, many of them are iconic in one or the other aspect. The book contains historical and technical information about 34 iconic bridges of Indian Railways. These selected bridges are located all over India. The book is of equal interest to the engineers, designers, railwaymen and tourists as they will find in it various details from the anecdotes connected with these bridges to the information about their substructure and superstructure. The photographs taken by the author make the reading much more interesting. This is perhaps for the first time that such information is being made available which is expected to encourage the curiosity of the reader about the heritage and greatness of Indian Railways.
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Bridges are inseparable part of Indian Railways. They span raging rivers and deep gorges. Among the innumerable railway bridges, many of them are iconic in one or the other aspect. The book contains historical and technical information about 34 iconic bridges of Indian Railways. These selected bridges are located all over India. The book is of equal interest to the engineers, designers, railwaymen and tourists as they will find in it various details from the anecdotes connected with these bridges to the information about their substructure and superstructure. The photographs taken by the author make the reading much more interesting. This is perhaps for the first time that such information is being made available which is expected to encourage the curiosity of the reader about the heritage and greatness of Indian Railways.
Job Satisfaction of Employees in Indian Railways
Author: Dr Ashok Kumar Katta Dr Ch Bala Nageswara Rao
Publisher: Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN: 9386501287
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN: 9386501287
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bombay Cotton and Indian Railways
Author: Charles William Grant (col.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Material Management Indian Railways
Author: C.L. Bansotra
Publisher: Laxmi Publications, Ltd.
ISBN: 9789380386577
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: Laxmi Publications, Ltd.
ISBN: 9789380386577
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Our Indian Railways. Their Present Condition and Future Prospects
Indian railways, by an old Indian postmaster [sir W.P. Andrew].
Author: sir William Patrick Andrew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description