INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

RAILWAYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The First train on Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on ____
A
14 April 1853
B
13 April 1853
C
16 April 1853
D
17 April 1853
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –Lord Dalhousie dedicated the country’s first passenger train which on 16 April 1853, ran between Bombay’s Bori Bunder station and Thane. The train, which traveled 34 kilometres (21 mi), carried 400 people. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway constructed and operated the passenger line (GIPR).

Detailed explanation-2: -The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 24 miles, on 15th August, 1854. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the sub-continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first passenger train ran between Mumbai and Thane on 16 April 1853.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway is the name of the train that ran first from Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853. With 14 carriages and 400 passengers, Great Indian Peninsula Railway operated the first passenger train in India from Bori Bunder to Thane.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was the first passenger train to run in India. It had three locomotives – Sahib, Sultan, and Sindh, and 14 carriages. A distance of 34 km was covered by the train. More items

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