Google Doodle marks 160 years of India's first passenger train - Firstpost

Would you like to make Firstpost your default homepage?   Yes | No The Google Doodle today celebrates 160 years of India's first passenger train which moved out of Bori Bunder, in Bombay (now Mumbai), en route its destination 34 kilometres away, Thane. The first passenger train line began working on 16 April, 1853. Google Doodle shows shows a steam locomotive pulling a passenger train on a railway track with palm trees around it. While the train between Bombay and Thane was the first official passenger train, the first rail line in India was set up near Chintadripet Bridge in Chennai. Screengrab. As far as the 1853 journey is concerned, three steam locomotives, Sultan, Sindh and Sahib, took 400 invited passengers in 14 carriages on a 57 minute journey that had one stop. This was soon followed by the opening of the first passenger railway line in North India between Allahabad and Kanpur on 3 March, 1859. Lord Dalhousie was the governor-General who deserves credit for ensuring that railway lines began in India. He also encouraged private enterprise to develop railways in India. Firstpost encourages open discussion and debate, but please adhere to the rules below, before posting. Comments that are found to be in violation of any one or more of the guidelines will be automatically deleted: Personal attacks/name calling will not be tolerated. This applies to comments directed at the author, other commenters and other politicians/public figures Please do not post comments that target a specific community, caste, nationality or religion. While you do not have to use your real name, any commenters using any Firstpost writer's name will be deleted, and the commenter banned from participating in any future discussions. Comments will be moderated for abusive and offensive language. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_kmX0f9FY888Q9PMCFQ_xYMFKTw&url=http://www.firstpost.com/tech/google-doodle-marks-160-years-of-indias-first-passenger-train-702116.html

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