GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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1844
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1850
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1853
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1857
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Detailed explanation-1: -The formal inauguration ceremony was performed on 16th April 1853, when 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder at 3.30 pm “amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns."
Detailed explanation-2: -The country’s first transport train, Red Hill Railway (built by Arthur Cotton to transport granite for road-building), ran from Red Hills to the Chintadripet bridge in Madras in 1836-1837.
Detailed explanation-3: -Construction of the Amritsar railway station was started in 1859. It was an example of brick masonry and horse-shoe type arches. The building, which was completed in 1862, helped to connect the two most important cities of Punjab-Amritsar and Lahore (now in Pakistan) and was the first railway in Punjab.