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It was proposed to construct a line northward directly along the river Ganges, terminating at [[Rajmahal]], the port of the  [[Indian General Navigation and Railway Company| India General Steam Navigation Company ]] (a subsidiary of  Carr,Tagore & Co).   
It was proposed to construct a line northward directly along the river Ganges, terminating at [[Rajmahal]], the port of the  [[Indian General Navigation and Railway Company| India General Steam Navigation Company ]] (a subsidiary of  Carr,Tagore & Co).   


Eventually, at some point between 1846 and 1849, the Great Western Bengal Railway Company was taken over by the [[East Indian Railway]] Company (EIR).  
At some point between 1846 and October 1847, the Great Western Bengal Railway Company was taken over by the [[East Indian Railway]] Company (EIR). The report dated  13 October 1847 stated the Great Western Bengal Railway Company  “which contemplated a line from Calcutta to Rajmahal, and various other projects for the construction of railways within the Bengal Territories. Recently the East Indian and Great Western had amalgamated and were awarded the contract for the experimental lines” <ref> British Library IOR E/4/794 dispatch No26 13th October 1847 Page 55 paragraph 12.  “Great Western Bengal Railway Co., amalgamation of with East Indian Railway Company and terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849 </ref>.
 
''The date of aquisition needs to determined by examination of the IOR record.''
 
==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  6 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*Z/E/4/19/G596; “Great Western Bengal Railway Co., amalgamation of with East Indian Railway Company and terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849
''There are two other records which presumably are related :-''
*Z/E/4/19/E18; “East India Railway Company, Amalgamation of with Great Western Railway Company and terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849
*Z/E/4/19/R31; “Railways, East India Company, Amalgamation of with Great Western Railway Co., & terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 09:30, 5 May 2017

The Great Western Bengal Railway Company was formed in 1845 by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, the chairman of Carr, Tajore & Co, Calcutta, along with a group of local merchants.

It was proposed to construct a line northward directly along the river Ganges, terminating at Rajmahal, the port of the India General Steam Navigation Company (a subsidiary of Carr,Tagore & Co).

At some point between 1846 and October 1847, the Great Western Bengal Railway Company was taken over by the East Indian Railway Company (EIR). The report dated 13 October 1847 stated the Great Western Bengal Railway Company “which contemplated a line from Calcutta to Rajmahal, and various other projects for the construction of railways within the Bengal Territories. Recently the East Indian and Great Western had amalgamated and were awarded the contract for the experimental lines” [1].

References

  1. ↑ British Library IOR E/4/794 dispatch No26 13th October 1847 Page 55 paragraph 12. “Great Western Bengal Railway Co., amalgamation of with East Indian Railway Company and terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849
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