when did the mumbai suburban railway start functioning
Mumbai Suburban Railway The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British in India, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia. The first train ran between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km, on 16 April 1853 at 15:35. The 14-coach train took 1.25 h to complete the 34 km journey, with a halt at Sion to refill the train's water tanks.[4] Since 1991, it has been expanded rapidly. The Bombay Railway & History Group has been striving to document railway heritage along this line.[5]
Indian Engineering Services 21â€“30 years on 1 August of the year of Engineering Services Examination.[14]
Bombay State Bombay State was finally dissolved with the formation of Maharashtra and Gujarat states on May 1, 1960.[8]
Mumbai The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies of the Koli people.[21] For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire and subsequently to the East India Company when in 1661 Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza and as part of her dowry Charles received the ports of Tangier and Seven Islands of Bombay.[22] During the mid-18th century, Bombay was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project,[23] which undertook reclamation of the area between the seven islands from the sea.[24] Along with construction of major roads and railways, the reclamation project, completed in 1845, transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Bombay in the 19th century was characterised by economic and educational development. During the early 20th century it became a strong base for the Indian independence movement. Upon India's independence in 1947 the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital.[25]