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Added paragraph 1872-73
==Original Mysore State Railway History==
[[File: Mysore State Railway 1909.png|thumb| Mysore State Railway - Original Lines]]
*1872-73: Proposals to develop railways in Mysore State were turned down in favour of irrigation projects “for the improvement and re-establishment of the ancient system of irrigation, before any outlay is applied to the construction of a railway” <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records L/PARL/2/100 “Railways in India for the year 1872-73” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’-– presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1872-73; Para 92 </ref>
*1876-77: following the disastrous famine the original sections of the MSR were planned and built by the [[Mysore State|State of Mysore]],
*1881-82 opening to traffic.
