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When was the railway system established in India? |
A. | 1969 |
B. | 1753 |
C. | 1853 |
D. | 1953 |
Answer» C. 1853 | |
Explanation: The history of rail transport in India began in the mid-nineteenth century. The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853, between Bombay and Thane. A British engineer, Robert Maitland Brereton, was responsible for the expansion of the railways from 1857 onwards. |
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