Ratlam

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Ratlam
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Place Name: Ratlam
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
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Ratlam was the capital of the State of the same name in Central India.

The new town was founded by Captain Borthwick in the year 1829. It was then furnished with broad streets and well built homes. Owning to its central geographical location, it was a commercial hub in Central India during the British rule, with trading of opium, tobacco and salt. [1]

It was a major railway junction on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, situated half way between Bombay and Delhi.

It was one of those railway colonies along the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway whose Railway Institute dances were so well regarded that people would travel for up to six hours by train to attend.[2]

Spelling variants

Ratlam, Rutlam

Schools

Railway Higher Secondary School, Ratlam was established in 1922 as a primary school and was upgraded to the middle level by 1940.[3]

External links

  • "Ratlam Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 244.
  • "Memsahibs and Mentors" by Joyce Mitchell, page 54 Women of Anglo-India: Tales and Memoirsedited by Margaret Deefholts Google Books. Mentions Ratlam.

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