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'''Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd''' | '''Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd''' was founded in 1918, at [[Burnpur]] as a specialist company manufacturing railway wagons, carriages and railway equipment. | ||
The company merged with the [[Burn & Co Ltd]]. Their [[Howrah]] works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at Howrah to cater to the increasing demand | |||
The merged company became '''Burn Standard Company Limited''' and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc. | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company Wikipedia – Burn Standard Company] | |||
*[http://www.burnstandard.com/history.html Burn Standard History] | |||
*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0520023773 Google Books - Business and Politics in India by Stanley A. Kochanek] | |||
*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0415190126 Google Books - Private Investment in India, 1900-1939 by Amiya Kumar Bagchi] | |||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]] | [[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]] | ||