who was called as 'father of indian railways' ?
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In 1845, along with Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Hon. Jaganath Shunkerseth (known as Nana Shankarsheth) formed the Indian Railway Association.
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Lord Dalhousie is known was the father of Indian Railways.
He was a British officer and “Governor General of India”. He introduced the railway and telegraph services in India during the British rule. Indian Railways is Asia's second largest rail network and the single largest government owned world is the “fourth largest rail network” in the world.
Trains in India were started in 1853 by the British for their administrative convenience. The first passenger rail in India was run between Bombay and Thane on 16th April, 1853.
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