TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION IN INDIA
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Rajasthan, 1856
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Maharashtra, 1853
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Uttar Pradesh, 1852
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West Bengal, 1851
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Detailed explanation-1: -The country’s first train run in 1853 was between Mumbai-Thane. On April 16, 1853, the first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai’s Bori Bunder to Thane, Maharashtra. It was a 14-carriage train. It was hauled by three engines named Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853 at 15:35.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Bori Bunder) and Thane on 16 April 1853. The first train started from Bori Bunder in Bombay at 3:35 pm on April 16, 1853 with a 21-gun salute. It had 14 carriages.