Question

First railway line was constructed during the rule of

Answer 1

The first railway line in India was constructed during the rule of Lord Dalhousie. The first train started from Bori Bunder in Bombay at 3:35 pm on April 16, 1853 with a 21-gun salute. It had 14 carriages. There were 400 guests who travelled in the train. It reached Thane in 75 minutes. It marked the beginning of the Indian Railway.

Answer 2

Today India has the world's largest The first railway was started in the year 1853 on April 16 by the Britishers, hence during the British Raj. It was from Mumbai (Bori Bunder)to Thane and it covered the distance of thirty kilometers. It carried four hundred passengers in a fourteen carriage train which was hauled by three steam engines Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan. It was built and operated by Great Indian Peninsular Railways. 

However, the industrial railway line was started in Madras in the year 1832 earlier during the Raj.