Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008099
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
This book describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass and Kangra Valley lines - are less so. Several of these railways were also the last bastions of steam operation in the sub-continent. Unsurprisingly, as hill railways, most of them reached remarkable heights, many using ingenious feats of engineering to assist their climb into seemingly impenetrable terrain. These lines served diverse locations, each with its own characteristics, from the hostile territories of the North-West Frontier, along the spectacular foothills of the Himalayas, skirting the Western Ghats of the Deccan down to the gentle rolling landscape of the Nilgiris, or Blue Hills, of South India. The book gives the histories of the seven hill railways including summaries of their operations and routes. Maps and gradient charts for all seven railway lines are given as well as listings of the locomotives operating the hill railways.
Railways of the British Empire: The Indian Subcontinent
Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445690276
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Fascinating previously unpublished images of railways around the world built by British companies with British locomotives, rolling stock and other infrastructure.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445690276
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Fascinating previously unpublished images of railways around the world built by British companies with British locomotives, rolling stock and other infrastructure.
Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent
Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781785008085
Category : TRANSPORTATION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book contains the histories of seven hill railways of the Indian Subcontinent including summaries of their operations as well as maps and gradient charts for all seven lines.
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781785008085
Category : TRANSPORTATION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book contains the histories of seven hill railways of the Indian Subcontinent including summaries of their operations as well as maps and gradient charts for all seven lines.
India's Railway History
Author: John Hurd II
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004230033
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India’s railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004230033
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India’s railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.
Basics of Tourism Management
Author: Mishra
Publisher: Excel Books India
ISBN: 9788174466815
Category : Indien
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Incorporates the rudiments of tourism management for the students. This book examines the key elements of tourism - why it is an important global business and how it affects our everyday lives. It shows how the tourism industry is organized, run and managed. It is suitable for those interested in tourism.
Publisher: Excel Books India
ISBN: 9788174466815
Category : Indien
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Incorporates the rudiments of tourism management for the students. This book examines the key elements of tourism - why it is an important global business and how it affects our everyday lives. It shows how the tourism industry is organized, run and managed. It is suitable for those interested in tourism.
Indian Railways
Author: Bibek Debroy
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 0143439723
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The fascinating story of the network that made modern India The railways brought modernity to India. Its vast network connected the far corners of the subcontinent, making travel, communication and commerce simpler than ever before. Even more importantly, the railways played a large part in the making of the nation: by connecting historically and geographically disparate regions and people, it forever changed the way Indians lived and thought, and eventually made a national identity possible. This engagingly written, anecdotally told history captures the immense power of a business behemoth as well as the romance of train travel; tracing the growth of the railways from the 1830s (when the first plans were made) to Independence, Bibek Debroy and his co-authors recount how the railway network was built in India and how it grew to become a lifeline that still weaves the nation together. This latest volume in The Story of Indian Business series will delight anyone interested in finding out more about the Indian Railways.
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 0143439723
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The fascinating story of the network that made modern India The railways brought modernity to India. Its vast network connected the far corners of the subcontinent, making travel, communication and commerce simpler than ever before. Even more importantly, the railways played a large part in the making of the nation: by connecting historically and geographically disparate regions and people, it forever changed the way Indians lived and thought, and eventually made a national identity possible. This engagingly written, anecdotally told history captures the immense power of a business behemoth as well as the romance of train travel; tracing the growth of the railways from the 1830s (when the first plans were made) to Independence, Bibek Debroy and his co-authors recount how the railway network was built in India and how it grew to become a lifeline that still weaves the nation together. This latest volume in The Story of Indian Business series will delight anyone interested in finding out more about the Indian Railways.
The Ravaged Paradise
Author: Dipanwita Dasgupta
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000885739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book makes a systematic attempt to explore the environmental history of Darjeeling during the British colonial period (1835-1947), which profoundly transformed the environment of Darjeeling by introducing commercial control over the natural resources. After the foundation of Darjeeling as the hill station for the low-income groups of British administration living in Bengal and Burma, the place was transformed into a social, recreational and commercial centre for the British authorities. The railway construction boom, introduction of tea plantation, the growth of a commercial market for timber and increasing demands for fuel and building materials depleted the forest cover. The less explored regions of Darjeeling attracted the adventure-thirsty Britons. A series of investigations were made on the marketable products, the condition of roads, and quality of soil of these regions. The ethnographic, geological, botanical and zoological study of the Darjeeling was started by the colonial officials in the nineteenth century. In the early stage of expansion of colonialism in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America, the European colonizers faced numerous problems in dealing with the untouched nature. The accumulation of the knowledge of surrounding regions and proper management of the labour became essential for the colonial authority for transformation of the existing environment of the densely forested tropical colonies. Taylor and Francis does not sell or distribute the print editions of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000885739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book makes a systematic attempt to explore the environmental history of Darjeeling during the British colonial period (1835-1947), which profoundly transformed the environment of Darjeeling by introducing commercial control over the natural resources. After the foundation of Darjeeling as the hill station for the low-income groups of British administration living in Bengal and Burma, the place was transformed into a social, recreational and commercial centre for the British authorities. The railway construction boom, introduction of tea plantation, the growth of a commercial market for timber and increasing demands for fuel and building materials depleted the forest cover. The less explored regions of Darjeeling attracted the adventure-thirsty Britons. A series of investigations were made on the marketable products, the condition of roads, and quality of soil of these regions. The ethnographic, geological, botanical and zoological study of the Darjeeling was started by the colonial officials in the nineteenth century. In the early stage of expansion of colonialism in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America, the European colonizers faced numerous problems in dealing with the untouched nature. The accumulation of the knowledge of surrounding regions and proper management of the labour became essential for the colonial authority for transformation of the existing environment of the densely forested tropical colonies. Taylor and Francis does not sell or distribute the print editions of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.