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| Q. |
When was the railway system established in India? |
| A. | 1969 |
| B. | 1753 |
| C. | 1853 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» C. 1853 | |
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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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