INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

RAILWAYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did the country’s first train run?
A
1852
B
1871
C
1864
D
1832
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.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 16, 1853, the Indian subcontinent saw its first ever passenger train journey. Four hundred lucky guests had signed up for a historic trip from Mumbai’s Bori Bunder to Thane in Maharashtra, on a train run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first train in India became operational on 1851-12-22, and was used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee. A year and a half later, on 1853-04-16, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first locomotive As per Britannica.com, the first engine built by George Stephenson ran from Darlington to Stockton on September 27, 1825, with wagons carrying 450 people at a speed of 15 miles per hour.

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