TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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1905
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Detailed explanation-1: -IX of 1890 An Act to provide for investing the Railway Board with certain powers of functioning under the Indian Railways Act, 1890*.
Detailed explanation-2: -’ ‘ : : , / , (i) Set up in the year 1903 when the majority of the Indian Railways were managed by companies incorporated in England.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1905, its powers were formalised by the government under then viceroy Lord Curzon, and the board has grown in size and prominence ever since.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1905, its powers were formalised by Lord Curzon’s government. Its membership consisted of a Government Railway official, who was the chairman of the board, a railway manager from England and an agent of a Company Railway. The board was placed under the Department of Commerce and Industry of the Indian Government.