E19 History of Indian Railways with Ananth Rupanagudi

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 8:30 a.m.

Indian Railways started as different lines funded and sponsored by different people for different reasons. Slowly these lines that were laid in different sizes - narrow, meter, and broad gauge joined each other and formed the network joining the nooks and corners of the country. Listen to Ananth Rupanagudi, an IRS officer with a vast knowledge of Indian Railways talk about the first few railway lines in India, and some very interesting stories and innovations associated with them.

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Follow Ananth ji on Twitter at @rananth

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