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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>[http://chrisrose05.blogspot.com./2013_01_01_archive.html Days of the Raj] by Owen Patrick Rose, 23 January 2013</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>[http://bandikui.blogspot.in/ Bandikui]</ref>. There was also a Protestant Church.==External links==*[http://indiancatholiconline.com/Diocese/Details/70 Diocese of Jaipur] St Francis of Assisi Church is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Jaipur Diocese.*[http://www.cnisynod.org/tehdisc.aspx#rajasthan Diocese of Rajasthan] 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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