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'Hindubagh-Fort Sandeman Railway Project' info added
During the First World War, a railway line was laid [[Khanai]] (30 km north of Quetta) to [[Hindubagh]] (renamed as Muslimbagh in 1960s). Hindubagh had Chrome mines, which was used in munitions of First World War. The railway line at that time was a private siding for the Balochistan Chrome Ore Company. The work started on [[Khanai-Hindubagh Railway]] in 1916 and was opened for rail traffic in 1921.
In 1920 the [[Hindubagh-Fort Sandeman Railway Project]] to construct a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway from [[Hindubagh]] to Fort Sandeman (the capital of [[Zhob]]) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhob Wikipedia “Zhob” ]; Retrieved 7 Apr 2016</ref>was put forward but was disallowed by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) at this time - see the 'Records' below. In 1927, the [[Hindubagh ]] to Qila Saifullah section was opened and finally the section up to Zhob was opened in 1929. It had been intended to extent the railway from [[Zhob ]] to [[Bannu]], but this never eventuated.
<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122144541/http://pakistaniat.com/2008/06/05/zhob-valley-railway-zvr-of-pakistan/ "All Things Pakistan" /Zhob Valley Railway (ZVR) of Pakistan by Owais Mughal, June 5, 2008]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
===Historical books online===
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747693?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 Zhob Valley Railway Survey] c early 1890s, page 98 ''Some Rambles of a Sapper'' by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway project <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 71 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*L/PS/11/168, P 994/1920; “P 994/1920 Baluchistan: communications in the Zhob valley; proposal for a broad-gauge railway from Hindubagh to Fort Sandeman, disallowed by Government of India”; 1 Sep 1919-23 Mar 1920
''This record has not been examined and may provide further information.''
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