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'''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.

There is a reference in a letter of 24 June 1857 to an ‘aledged failure’ on the tramway from [[Dholera]] to Khumbanda (Khoombunder) in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) see ‘Records’ below. Dholera is a town in Gujarat, India and . Dholera is an ancient port-city in Gulf of Khambhat. The nearest broad gauge connection is [[Bhavnagar]] (34 km) to the south of Dholera<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholera Wikipedia “Dholera” ]; Retrieved 5 Apr 201625 Jan 2017</ref>. The location of Khumbanda (or alternative spelling Khoombunder) has not been identified. No further references have been found to this tramway.

An on-line search of the The [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this tramway <ref>[http:gives Catalogue entry Z/E/searcharchives.bl.uk4/primo_library33/libweb/action/searchT200; “Tramway, information respecting alleged failure of, from Dholera to Khumbanda called for”; 1858.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016</ref> This gives several entries, are four records relating to the road from Dholera to Khumbanda and a tramway. All these four records direct to the item below and the most relevant as followssame paragraph: - gives the following:-*ZIOR/E/4/33/T200; 853, p191 “Tramway, information respecting alleged failure of, from Dholera to Khumbanda called for”; 1858for.”<blockquote>Answers to letters (Revenue) dated 24th June (No 11) 1857<br>Side Note 24 Correspondence with the Bombay Government respecting the road from Dholera to Khoombunder (Khumbanda): paragraph 105 We approve you having called for information respecting to the tramway between these two places and it’s alleged failure.</blockquote>