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The '''Scindia-Neemuch Railway'''; the first section was opened c. 1874 as a  metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Neemuch]] (+Nimach+) to [[Indore]].
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+Note  [[Neemuch]] is also named as Nimach.
 
The railway is named the '''Sindia-Neemuch State Railways''' in some early documents.
 
==Early History==
Surveys between Indore and Neemuch started long back in 1871-72 when the plan and estimates for the whole project was submitted to the Government of India in 1872-73. The Maharaja of Scindia agreed to grant a loan of Rs. 75 lakhs at 4 per cent per annum interest for the project and the railway was renamed the '''Scindia-Neemuch Railway'''.  It also included a branch line to [[Ujjain]] from Indore. The Indore–Ujjain branch line was opened in August 1876 and the line was completed in 1879-80.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neemuch Wikipedia "Neemuch/Nimach"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1397109746468-history_1.pdf Indian Railways "History of Ratlam Division"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/manasampc/dp.html Geocities "Neesmuch Railways"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
 
From about 1874 the railway operated as the [[Holkar & Scindia-Neemuch Railway]] as a joint operation with the [[Holkar State Railway]].
 
==Amalgamation==
In 1881-82, the '''Rajputana-Malwa State Railway''' (RMSR) was created joining under single management, existing State Railways:-
*[[Rajputana State Railway]] (RSR)
*[[Holkar State Railway]]
*'''Scindia-Neemuch Railway'''
*[[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]
*[[Western Rajputana State Railway]]
All  these railways were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)
State Railways.
 
In 1900 the RMSR was merged into the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR), becoming the latter's Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section; known as Ratlam Division of BB&CIR..
 
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  13 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:- 
*V/24/3590; “India. Public Works Department: Railways” with Catalogue contents “Report on the progress and administration of the Holkar and Sindia-Neemuch State Railways, 1878/79”
 
==Personnel==
*[[James Condor]] was appointed  Manager of Sindia-Neemuch Railway in 1881. He was, at the same time, Manager of  [[Holkar State Railway]] and [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]] <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>.
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' and '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

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