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The '''Public Works Department''' was a government department that was responsible for buildings, roads, irrigation and railways. | |||
The Public Works Department was a government department that was responsible for buildings, roads, irrigation and railways. | |||
*The Military Works branch detatched from the PWD and became the Military Works Service under the Indian Army in 1899. | *The Military Works branch detatched from the PWD and became the Military Works Service under the Indian Army in 1899. | ||
*Europeans employed on State Railways were usually on the strength of the PWD and therefore a civil servant (eligible for pension etc). NB in this context, if your ancestor turns up on a railway in India and the record contains "PWD" in the note or description, then this does not refer to "Permanent Way Department" (as it would in a UK context) but to the Public Works Department! | *Europeans employed on State [[Railways]] were usually on the strength of the PWD and therefore a civil servant (eligible for pension etc). NB in this context, if your ancestor turns up on a railway in India and the record contains "PWD" in the note or description, then this does not refer to "Permanent Way Department" (as it would in a UK context) but to the Public Works Department! | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
The following [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]] may help researchers | The following [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]] may help researchers: | ||
*PWD Civil Lists 1861-1940 [IOR: V/13] | *PWD Civil Lists 1861-1940 ['''IOR: V/13'''] | ||
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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP24,M1 India List & India Office List 1905] Your railway ancestor may be here. | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP24,M1 India List & India Office List 1905] Your railway ancestor may be here. | ||
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Revision as of 13:05, 4 August 2009
The Public Works Department was a government department that was responsible for buildings, roads, irrigation and railways.
- The Military Works branch detatched from the PWD and became the Military Works Service under the Indian Army in 1899.
- Europeans employed on State Railways were usually on the strength of the PWD and therefore a civil servant (eligible for pension etc). NB in this context, if your ancestor turns up on a railway in India and the record contains "PWD" in the note or description, then this does not refer to "Permanent Way Department" (as it would in a UK context) but to the Public Works Department!
Records
The following India Office Records held at the British Library may help researchers:
- PWD Civil Lists 1861-1940 [IOR: V/13]
External links
- "Public Works in the Bengal Presidency" by Major General George Borlase Tremenheere, of the Bengal Engineers from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) 1858 page 483 (Google Books). He also gave evidence in 1858 to a House Of Commons Select Committe on Colonisation and Settlement in India, see Parliamentary Papers 1858 (Google Books).
- India List & India Office List 1905 Your railway ancestor may be here.