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[[Category:Occupations]] The '''Public Works Department ''' was a government department that was responsible for buildings, roads, irrigation and railways.
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*The Military Works branch detatched from the PWD and became the Military Works Service under the Indian Army in 1899.
*Europeans employed on State [[Railways ]] were usually on the strength of the PWD and therefore a civil servant (eligible for pension etc). NB in this context, if your ancestor turns up on a railway in India and the record contains "PWD" in the note or description, then this does not refer to "Permanent Way Department" (as it would in a UK context) but to the Public Works Department!
== Records ==
The following [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]] may help researchers.:
*PWD Civil Lists 1861-1940 ['''IOR: V/13''']
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP24,M1 India List & India Office List 1905] Your railway ancestor may be here.
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