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The early railway companies were UK companies operating in India. Later the British Government of India owned the majority and either managed them directly or leased them back to private management. From circa 1925 most railways were both managed and owned by the Government. The railways in India were subject to constant changes of ownership, amalgamations and adjustments over the years. *[[Guaranteed Railways]] included the 8 thpse railway companies, formed by 1859, to which the East India Company, later the British Government in IndiaGoI, guaranteed a fixed return on capital.
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[[image:India railways1909a.jpg|thumb|General map of railways in India as of 1909]]
The early railway companies were UK companies operating in India. Later the British Government of India (GoI) owned the majority and either managed them directly or leased them back to private management. From circa 1925 most railways were both managed and owned by the GoI. The railways in India were subject to constant changes of ownership, amalgamations and adjustments over the years.
*Only two [[Un-guaranteed Railways]] were ever formed and both were re-constituted by 1870.
*[[State Railways]] were those where the British Government in India GoI exercised its right to assume ownership (which it did gradually between 1879 and from 1860 until 1907). From 1907, the word ''State'' was usually dropped from the name of railways owned bu the GoI . In 1944, all the State Railways were nationalised.
*[[Railways of the Indian Princely States]] were integrated into the newly formed [[Indian Railways]] after Independence in 1947.
