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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 towns 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>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20201101231007/https://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/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.
==Churches==
St Francis Roman Catholic Church, located near the railway station.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191009040258/http://bandikui.blogspot.incom/ Bandikui], now archived.</ref>. There was also a Protestant Church.
==External links==
*[httphttps://wwwcatapult.news18.com/videosco/rajasthanstories/bandikuishow-sta-francislost-church-finallyin-getsrajasthan-rshelped-1me-crorefind-packagemy-fromway-statehome "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-177915church-1886.html Link to video: Bandikui’s St Francis church finally gets Rs 1 crore package from stateChurch 1886] c ''Bandikui Documentary''.:In 2013 News 18 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. Includes film cms "Govt to restore two churches in Rajasthan"] Dec 7, 2013 ''Times of the church and groundsIndia''.</ref> but nothing appears to have eventuated.*[http://indiancatholiconlinedioceseofjaipur.com/Diocese/Detailsorg/70 Default Diocese of Jaipur] St Francis of Assisi Church Bandikui is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Jaipur Diocese.(Alwar Deanery)*[httphttps://wwwnew.cnisynod.org/tehdisc.aspx#rajasthan 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.
