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On 30 June 1900, the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI and merged with those of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] into a "new" GIPR, managed by the old company.
In 1910 [[John Edwin Dallas]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian [[Public Works Department]] his final position was Senior Government Inspector of Railways <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.
The 1918 Administration Report on Indian Railways gives the GIPR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line length as 2668 miles; and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines, a total of 3441 miles.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 64-68]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
