1853 CE · infrastructure connectivity
First Passenger Train in India
On 16 April 1853, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway ran India's first passenger train from Bori Bunder in Bombay to Thane, a journey of about 34 kilometres. The line marked the beginning of a rapidly expanding colonial railway network that served passenger travel, commerce, administration and military logistics.
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