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[[Anglo Indian|Anglo-Indians]] became closely identified with the running of the railways. By 1905, forming less than ½% of India's total population, they provided 2% of railway employees. Eventually more than 50% of all Anglo-Indian families came to be supported by railway emplyoment either directly or as a dependant of a railway employee.
==FIBIS resources==
*"Railways of India- Part 1" . The first 10 minutes of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways of India is available to download or listen to on the [http://feeds.feedburner.com/FibisPodcast podcast page].
*"Railways of India - Part 2". The first 10 minutes of the second part of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways of India is available to download or listen to on the [http://feeds.feedburner.com/FibisPodcast podcast page].
:For both podcasts, the full version is available to FIBIS members only in the [http://www.fibis.org/members-area.htm Members Area]. Members will also find the presentation notes that accompanied this talk in the Members Area.
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