A Short History of Indian Railways
- Category Non-Fiction
- Format Paperback
- Imprint Rupa
- Price 295
- ISBN: 978-93-5333-287-7
- Pages: 248 pages
- Date: June 2019
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Did you know that India’s first steam engine never ran on tracks and was actually used to run
driving mills in a factory?
That the maximum speed of the first commercial train in India was 4.5 miles/hour?
That the country’s first-ever steam locomotive could never be introduced commercially since it
was destroyed in a factory blast?
That the locomotive engine for the maiden rail run between Bombay and Thane was pulled by
200 coolies on streets?
That there actually was a plan to build a rail network from the English Channel all the way to
the river Indus?
This is a people’s history of Indian Railways. Anecdotes and stories are curated from the time the first wagon rolled in India, up to the advent of bullet trains.
