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| Keywords: Nizam railway.jpg en According to the web site http //europeana eu Photograph of a section of HH the Nizam's railway line taken by Deen Dayal in the 1880s from the Curzon Collection 'Views of HH the Nizam's Dominions Hyderabad Deccan 1892' This is general view of the line passing through a gorge with a group of Europeans being pushed along in a type of railway car India's vast railway network is a legacy of the East India Company In 1853 there were 32 kilometres of tracks whereas by 1948 there were nearly 50 000 kilometres The railway extended to Hyderabad in the 1870s built by Cyril Lloyd Jones The line was worked by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Unit until the end of 1878 followed by the State Railway Agency for the next six years It was then run by the Nizams Guaranteed State Railway Company from January 1895 to the end of April 1930 when it came into the possession of the government http //europeana eu/portal/record/92037/9176478FDA10D25769B76F8DBBC577F71B909A35 html start 6 query where 3Anizam startPage 1 rows 12 Deen Dayal 1880 http //europeana eu/portal/record/92037/9176478FDA10D25769B76F8DBBC577F71B909A35 html start 6 query where 3Anizam startPage 1 rows 12 Nizam's State Railway 48 British Library Photo 430 Curzon Collection PD-old-70-1923 | ||||
