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| The '''Sindia-Neemuch Railway''' , ''marked in Green on map'', was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Indore]] to [[Neemuch]] a length of 156 miles(250km). The ‘[[Holkar State Railway]]’ from [[Khandwa]] had reached [[Indore]] in 1876. This railway extended the line northward reaching [[Fatehabad]] in 1876, [[Rutlam]] in 1878 , [[Jaora]] in Feb 1880 and finally to [[Neemuch]] in July 1880. From [[Fatehabad]] a 12 mile(19km) branch line to [[Ujjain]] opened in 1876 <ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n31/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf31)]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2018</ref>.
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| [[File:Holkar and Sindia-Neemuch Railway.png|thumb| Sindia-Neemuch State Railway – marked in '''Green''']]
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| ==Alternative Names and Spellings==
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| ''Not to be confused with the broad gauge [[Sindia State Railway]]. ''
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| * ‘Sindia-Neemuch State Railway’ is the most common form used in documents in the period up to merger into [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]] in 1881-82<ref name=H&S-NR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ IOR/V/24/3590 1878-79 ‘Report 1878-79 on the progress and administration of the Holkar and Sindia-Neemuch State Railways’</ref>
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| * ‘Scindia-Neemuch Railway’ is also given using the alternative spelling of Scindia
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| * ‘Scindia-Nimach State Railway’ used in some early documents using thealternative spelling of Neemuch.
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| * ‘Neemuch State Railway’ is given in some documents
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| * ‘Indore Division’ was used to describe this line being part of the joint working of the [[Holkar & Scindia-Neemuch Railway]] <ref name=H&S-NR/>
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| *[[Neemuch|Neemuch with alternative spelling Nimach]] <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_111.gif ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’, v. 19, p. 105"]; Retrieved 10 Jun2018</ref>
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| *Scindia is the name of the ruling family that ruled Gwallior State, with alternative spelling Sindia<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindia ‘Wikipedia - Scindia’]; Retrieved 10 Jun2018</ref>
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| ==Operating Arrangements==
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| The line was worked jointly with the MG [[Holkar State Railway|‘ Holkar State Railway’ - ''see separate page for information – blue on map'']]. Together the two lines were a joint operation under the title the '''[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch Railway]]''' but separate accounts were held for each section. By 1878-79 these were described as the ‘Holkar Division’ and the ‘Indore Division’ .
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| The MG line continued northward from [[Neemuch]] and named the [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway| ‘Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway’ - ''see separate page for information'']] which reached [[Nasirabad]] in Dec 1881 where it connected through to [[Ajmer]].
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| <br>All these lines coming together as part of the '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' in 1881-82
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| <br>and from 1900 becoming the MG division of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)'
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| ==Early History==
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| 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 named the '''Sindia-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.
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| <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neemuch Wikipedia "Neemuch/Nimach"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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| <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>
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| <ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/manasampc/dp.html Geocities "Neesmuch Railways"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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| From about 1874 the railway operated as the [[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch Railway]] as a joint operation with the [[Holkar State Railway]].
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| ==Amalgamation==
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| In 1881-82, the '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' (RMSR) was created joining under single management, existing State Railways:-
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| * ‘[[Holkar State Railway]]’
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| * ‘Sindia-Neemuch Railway’
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| * ‘[[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]’
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| * ‘[[Rajputana State Railway]]’ (RSR)
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| * ‘[[Western Rajputana State Railway]]’
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| All these railways were worked by the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’(BB&CIR) State Railway.
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| 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. Later being designated as part of the ‘BB&CIR Malwa Section Main Line’ <ref name=Admin1918/>.
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| ==Personnel==
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| *[[Henry Dangerfield]] in 1878 transferred to the ‘[[Holkar State Railway]]’ and ‘Sindia-Neemuch Railway’ as Superintendent of Way and Works, and he held this post till Dec 1880, being also manager of the line for the last two years <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Dangerfield Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>.
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| *[[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>.
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| The 1878-79 Record, para 7, for the Engineering Department states “[[Henry Dangerfield| Mr. H. Dangerfield]], Superintendent of Way and Works, is Officiating as Manager of the line during the absence of Captain W. S. S. Bisset, R. E., on field service, and Mr. W. C. L. Floyd, Executive Engineer, 4th Grade, is appointed to the charge of the Holkar Division, Holkar State Railway, and Mr. R. E. Wright, Executive Engineer, 4th Grade, to the charge of the Indore Division, Neemuch State Railway, Mr. Ker, Assistant Engineer, having been transferred to other line and Mr. Landon having gone on furlough”. Para 43 Traffic Department, states “Mr. W. E. Hartt has been in charge of this department, and Mr. C. E. Vining, an additional Assistant Traffic Superintendent, was appointed to the line in March 1879 <ref name=H&S-NR/>.
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| ==Further Information==
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| See also '''[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch Railway]] '''
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| <br>see'''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' for period from 1881-82 to 1900
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| <br>and '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' from 1900 onwards
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| == References ==
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| <references />
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| [[Category:Railways]]
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| [[Category:State Railways]]
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