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It was essentially a British township built by the early British railway men. The Delhi Bandikui line was opened in 1874, part of the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway|Rajputan - Delhi Railway]]. It later became part of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]<ref>[http://vyangduniya.blogspot.com/2012/06/romance-of-railway-bandikui.html The Romance Of Railway - Bandikui]</ref>
There was a “beautiful railway colony with well kept bungalows, gardens & well trimmed hedges”, and a Railway Institute.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101235054/http://chrisrose05.blogspot.com./2013_01_01_archive.html "Days of the Raj"] by Owen Patrick Rose, 23 January 2013, archived.</ref> Bandikui was one of those railway colonies on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway whose Railway Institute dances were so well regarded that people would travel for up to six hours by train to attend.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101231007/https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/the-anglo-indian-legacy-saga-106491.html "The Anglo-Indian legacy saga"] by R V Smith Nov 26 2015 ''The Statesman'', now archived. </ref>
In 1901, one of the companies of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment]] was located at Bandikui.
==Spelling variants==Bandikui, Bandiqui ==Churches==St Francis Roman Catholic Church, located near the railway station.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191009040258/http://bandikui.blogspot.com/ Bandikui], now archived.</ref>. There was also a Protestant Church.==External links==*[https://catapult.co/stories/how-a-lost-church-in-rajasthan-helped-me-find-my-way-home "How a Lost Church in Rajasthan Helped Me Find My Way Home"] Madhushree Ghosh Oct 24, 2018 catapult.co. Contains images of St Francis Roman Catholic Church which currently remains standing, but is in a ruined condition.:[https://bandikuiinfo.blogspot.com/2019/01/bandikui-railway-st-francis-church-1886.html St Francis Church 1886] ''Bandikui Documentary''.:In 2013 it was announced that this church would be restored<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Govt-to-restore-two-churches-in-Rajasthan/articleshow/26981471.cms "Govt to restore two churches in Rajasthan"] Dec 7, 2013 ''Times of India''.</ref> but nothing appears to have eventuated.*[http://dioceseofjaipur.org/Default Diocese of Jaipur] St Francis of Assisi Church Bandikui is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Jaipur Diocese (Alwar Deanery)*[https://new.cnisynod.org/the-diocese/ Diocese of Rajasthan] (Scroll down) Church of North India===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_262.gif Alwar State] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 5, page 254.
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