Surface-transport

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Sealdah Railway Station, Sealdah, Calcutta, 1869

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East Indian Railway, Fairlie Place, Calcutta, c1925


Railway 1851 : Baggage Train – Railway from Calcutta to Delhi

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Railways 1854 : First Train on East Indian Railway


Railway 1854 : First Locomotive in India – on its first line from Howrah to Hooghly


Railway 1855 : Burdwan Railway Station – Opening of the East Indian Railway


Hackney-Carriage in front of the Government House, Calcutta, 1860

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Tramways 1873 : First Tram Car, Horse-drawn, on Calcutta Roads

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Palanquins – Street scene in Calcutta,1881

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Four Indians Carrying Palanquin, Calcutta, 1922

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