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Bhopal State Railway

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Amalgamated into the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) in 1900.
 
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
 
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library "Indian Office Records Search"]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives 9 references, all relating to Bhopal State Railway and Indiand Midland Railway. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/14/988''' “The Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance and working of Bhopal State Railway; 1894 supplemental to the contract of 1885.”
==External Links==
*[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/bhopal-state-railway.html "An account of my life (Gohur-i-ikbal)" by Sultan Jahan Begum, Nawab of Bengal, translated by C. H. Payne, John Murray, London, 1912. Pages 109-117] Reproduced by IRFCA
*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8176258067 "Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages" - Page 334] Google Books
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
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