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==Railway Achievements==
*1857, Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), Assistant Engineer to [[Robert W Graham]] <ref name=grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Maitland_Brereton Grace's Guide "Robert Maitland Brereton"] Retrieved on 25 Jun 2016</ref>.
*1858 January, Brereton escaped death twice when his camp at the 'Sake River' near [[Nandgaon]] was attacked and looted by a band of 500 Bhils, during the unrest associated with the [[Indian Mutiny]] <ref name=grace/> <ref name=Brereton>[https://archive.org/streamdetails/reminisencesofo00brer#page/8/mode/2up Archive.org reminiscencesofo00brer "Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908" by Robert Maitland Brereton page 8 and pages 49-5253] Retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>
*Brereton was eventually appointed GIPR Chief Engineer and undertook to complete the strategic connection across the continent. This was accomplished in 1870, ahead of the promised schedule <ref name=grace/>.
*The [[Allahabad-Jubbulpore line|Allahabad-Jabalpur]] branch line of the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR) had been opened in June 1867 <ref name=wiki/>.
