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*'''L/F/8/20/1782''' “His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, Memorandum of agreement for working of the Bezwada Extension Railway; 1933” | *'''L/F/8/20/1782''' “His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, Memorandum of agreement for working of the Bezwada Extension Railway; 1933” | ||
*'''L/F/7/2225''' “Collection 370/68: Railways: Miscellaneous: Bezwada Extension Railway; 1930-36" | *'''L/F/7/2225''' “Collection 370/68: Railways: Miscellaneous: Bezwada Extension Railway; 1930-36" | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:05, 19 February 2016
The Bezwada Extension Railway opened in 1889 as south west extension to the broad gauge (BG) network of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway(NGSR). [1]
Note - Bezwada is the present day Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.
Records
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
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [2] gives 4 references. The most important being:-
- L/F/8/20/1782 “His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, Memorandum of agreement for working of the Bezwada Extension Railway; 1933”
- L/F/7/2225 “Collection 370/68: Railways: Miscellaneous: Bezwada Extension Railway; 1930-36"
Further Information
See Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway