Dhond-Baramati Railway
The Dhond-Baramati Railway 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) privately owned railway was under construction in 1913 by ‘Dhond and Baramati Railway Company’.
The line opened in May 1914 linking Dhond to Baramati, a line length of 27 miles(43km), and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. The line was worked (together with other NG lines owned by Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd), by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) as part of the GIPR - NG network and connected at Dhond to the GIPR mainline [1] [2] [3]
A contract was made, dated 5 Feb 1920, between the Government of India and the GIPR formalising the arrangement for the earlier construction and continued working of the ‘Dhond and Baramati Railway’ by the GIPR. This Agreement IOR/L/F/8/19/1483 has been transcribed by FIBIS [4].
The railway came under Government of India(GoI) management from 1925.
Records
No specific records for the personnel engaged on this railway have been found.
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library
Further Information
See Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd and Great Indian Peninsula Railway
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 77; Retrieved 15 Nov 2018
- ↑ Goverment/Maharashtra "Gazetteer/Poona"; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Economic Life in the Bombay Decan (1818-1939)" by R.D.Choksey; pages 145 and 178; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
- ↑ British Library ‘Indian Office Records’
