HISTORY
THE FIRST ONE
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Question
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Lord Dalhousie
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Lord Curzon
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Lord Rippon
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Lord Wavell
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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Lord Dalhousie laid the foundation of first rail line in India. Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from Bombay to Thane.
Detailed explanation-2: -The railway was introduced by Dalhousie who served as Governor General of India from 1848-1853. The first railway line was introduced by Dalhousie on 16th April 1853 from Mumbai to Thane. It was a 14 carriage train hauled by three locomotives: the Sahib, Sindh and Sultan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Option b-Lord Dalhousie served as the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856. He is also said to have convinced the British to introduce the railways in India through his famous Railway minutes of 1853. Thus, he is regarded as the father of Indian railways and it is the right option.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Dalhousie in the year 1843 had conceived the possibility of opening up an Indian Railway network. He was a far-sighted British governor-general who promoted rapid construction of trunk lines; that reached inland from the ports to meet in the interior.