Indian Railways as Connected with British Empire in the EastW.H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 296 páginas |
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... English became the paramount The English power in India , road - making was a vital necessity . But it was not till 1836 that a road was commenced from Calcutta to Delhi , which was afterwards pro- longed to Peshawar , a distance of ...
... English became the paramount The English power in India , road - making was a vital necessity . But it was not till 1836 that a road was commenced from Calcutta to Delhi , which was afterwards pro- longed to Peshawar , a distance of ...
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... English capital were profitably invested in railways , addi- tional capital would also seek for invest- ment in other industrial undertakings . He welcomed the influx of private English gentlemen and of English capital , of those same ...
... English capital were profitably invested in railways , addi- tional capital would also seek for invest- ment in other industrial undertakings . He welcomed the influx of private English gentlemen and of English capital , of those same ...
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... English- men employed in other works , it would be strange if there were not some who possessed the mere animal instincts of courage and strength , and capacity for physical exertion , in a higher degree than that inclination to take ...
... English- men employed in other works , it would be strange if there were not some who possessed the mere animal instincts of courage and strength , and capacity for physical exertion , in a higher degree than that inclination to take ...
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... English capital , have of late years been spent in this country . Let us consider for one moment what has been the effect of all this money being spent in giving a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour . I can safely say that as a ...
... English capital , have of late years been spent in this country . Let us consider for one moment what has been the effect of all this money being spent in giving a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour . I can safely say that as a ...
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... journeys can be made . " A State railway department will add to that bureaucracy from which India already suffers , and which drives away English capital from Indian investments . • We do not use the term bureaucracy in any xlii PREFACE .
... journeys can be made . " A State railway department will add to that bureaucracy from which India already suffers , and which drives away English capital from Indian investments . • We do not use the term bureaucracy in any xlii PREFACE .
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advantages Agra Allahabad amount Andrew Army Author Benares Bengal boats Bombay break of gauge bridge British broad gauge Burdwan canal capital carriage carried Cartage cent charge Chhattisgarh Civil Colonel commercial communication construction conveyance cost Crown 8vo Delhi Delhi Railway distance district Ditto East India Engineer England Euphrates expenditure export favour Fcap Ferozpur frontier Ganges Government of India grain guaranteed companies Honourable Hoogly Illustrations important improved Indian railways Indus interest Jumna Kurrachee labour land length line from Calcutta London Lord Lord Dalhousie Madras maunds ment merchants metre gauge miles military Mirzapore mode native navigation North-West officers passengers Patna port portion Post 8vo Provinces Punjab rail railroad Railway Company railway system railways in India Rajmahl line revenue river roads route rupees Scinde Sir Bartle Frere stations steamers Sunderbunds tion tons trade traffic transit travelling troops trunk line vols W. H. ALLEN Western India
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