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Thanesar-Kaithal Railway

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The '''Thanesar-Kaithal Railway''' was a branch line of [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]](DKR).
The DKR Company signed a contact in 1909 with the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]])GoI for the construction and working of the Thanesar-Kaithal Railway line <ref name=name/>.  This branch was operating in 1912 making Kaithal an important trading centre. This line was worked by the East Indian Railway(EIR) and taken over by the GoI in 1925.
<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 IOR "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia Delhi-Kalka line"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref> ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://discoverywww.nationalarchivesfibis.gov.ukorg/detailsstore/rdfibis-books-and-publications/cf5560ecbff-acde0004-43c8research-bc60sources-3c70300a2f43 IOR "Branch line from Thanesar for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to Kaithal. the [[India Office Records]] (IOR/L/F/8/17/1234") held at the [[British Library]]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref> An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <refname=name>[httpshttp://bookssearcharchives.google.cobl.uk/booksprimo_library/libweb/action/search.do?idvid=VE71IqAC0YYC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=ThanesarIAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” -Kaithal+Branch+Railway&source=bl&ots=Kqg80eSgWS&sig=mD15h4UNOdgftFsD3jCJgvbRqwA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwA2oVChMIocqV65qXyQIVhJUOCh3ugwGW#v=onepage&q=Thanesar-Kaithal%20%20Railway&f=false "Haryana: Past and Present" by Suresh K Sharma c.1912Search]; Retrieved 14 Dec 201528 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/17/1234''' “Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway Company, Contract for construction of a branch line from Thanesar to Kaithal; 1909"
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