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Indian railways
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Indian Airlines
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Port Trust of India
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National Institute of Technology
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Railways decided in 1957 to adopt 25 kV AC system of electrification as a standard with SNCF as their consultant in the initial stages. The first section to be electrified on 25 kV AC system was Raj Kharswan-Dongoposi of South Eastern Railway in the year 1960.
Detailed explanation-2: -The foundation of the Taj Mahal, laid in 1898, is 40 feet deep. The hotel was built at a cost of more than Rs. 4 crore. It was the first building in Bombay to be lit by electricity, the first to have telephones in every room, electric elevators and an ice-making machine!
Detailed explanation-3: -Lord Dalhousie is known as the Father of Indian Railways.
Detailed explanation-4: -West Central Railway has become the first zone on Indian Railways whose entire route is lectrified. Electrification has been done for 3012 kms.