Dholera-Khumbanda Tramway
Dholera-Khumbanda Tramway There is a reference to an incident in 1858 on the tramway from Dholera to Khumbanda in the India Office Records (IOR) see ‘Records’ below.
Dholera is a town in Gujarat, India and is an ancient port-city in Gulf of Khambhat. The nearest broad gauge connection is Bhavnagar (34 km) to the south of Dholera [1]. The location of Khumbanda has not been identified.
No further references have been found to this tramway.
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [2] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: - gives the following:-
- Z/E/4/33/T200; “Tramway, information respecting alleged failure of, from Dholera to Khumbanda called for”; 1858.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia “Dholera” ; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016