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In 1887, in order to eradicate its "famine debt", the State of Mysore leased the MSR to the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] (SMR) for a period of 45 years.
In 1907, the SMR merged with [[Madras Railway]](MR) to become the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) and they continued to work and manage the railway. l
==Records==
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==Further InformationPersonnel==See *[[Madras RailwayAugustus Le Messurier]] and Col. R.E. from the [[Madras Public Works Department]] was the Engineer-in-Chief from 1882 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA546 Google Books " India List and Southern Mahratta Railway]India Office List, 1905" page 546 (pdf page 509]Retrieved on 21 May 2016</ref>.
== References ==
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==Further Information==
See '''[[Madras Railway]] and [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
