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8 May 1845
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9th June 1960
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6th July 1980
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12th August 1965
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Detailed explanation-1: -The history of Indian Railways is over 160 years. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Dalhousie came to India in 1848 to serve as Governor General of India. He annexed many states like Satara, Sambhalgarh, Nagpur and Jhansi under ‘Doctrine of Lapse’. He introduced railways in India and the first railway line from Mumbai to Thane was opened in 1853.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus Indian Railways started on a Guarantee System. It was during Lord Dalhousie’s time that on April 16, 1853 at 3:35pm a train with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests left Bombay’s Bori Bunder for Thane, with a 21-gun salute. The three locomotives were Sindh, Sultan, and Sahib.
Detailed explanation-4: -The goals of the plan to introduce railways were to lower transport costs and to give English merchants easier access to raw cotton from India. Also, the railway would simultaneously open the Indian market to British manufactured products such as cotton textiles.