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Founded Burn and Company was established in 1781 as a firm of architects and builders in [[Calcutta]] and engineers at [[Howrah and merged, 1976 ]] with Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd(qv) to form Burn Standard Wagon Co Ltda foundry.
{{Work-The Howrah works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in-Progress-Rly}}India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at [[Howrah]] to cater to the increasing demand.
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'''Burn & Co Ltd (Wagon Manufacuturer)'''
The company merged with the [[Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd]] (founded in 1918, at Burnpur) to become the Burn Standard Company Limited and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc. ==External Links==* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company Wikipedia – Burn Standard Company]*[http://www.burnstandard.com/history.html Burn Standard Company History]*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0520023773 Google Books - Business and Politics in India by Stanley A. Kochanek]*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0415190126 Google Books - Private Investment in India, 1900-1939 by Amiya Kumar Bagchi] [[Category:Railway Equipment ManufacturersWagon & Carriage Manufacturer]]
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