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Walter Home C.I.E.
Trained at the Royal Indian Engineering College (R.I.E.) at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK and appointed on 1st Oct 1877 to the Indian Public Works Department Railways Branch State Railways and posted as Assistant Engineer. [1]
- 1877 Oct; Assistant Engineer
- 1891 Dec; Executive Engineer
- 1900 May, Awarded K-i-H Medal (Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India)
- 1904 Feb; Superintendent Engineer
- 1904 Jun; Awarded C.I.E. (Companion of the Order the Indian Empire)
Railway Achievements
Walter Home was on April 20, 1882 appointed as Manager, Jodhpur State Railway and in-charge of Public Works Department, Marwar State. He built Jodhpur Railway from scratch and after a quarter century, at the time of his departure to U.K. on October 4, 1906, Jodhpur Railway was having operations over 828 miles in the territories of Sind (under British control) and in territories of the States of Jodhpur and Bikaner. [2]
References
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 451 (pdf page 486) Retrieved on 21 Apr 2016
- ↑ “Eminent Railwaymen of Yesteryears” by R R Bhandari July 2008, reproduced by IRFCA Indian Railways Fan Club) Retrieved on 21 Apr 2016