Railways and Indian economic development
Chaudhary, Latika; and Bogart, Dan
(2013)
Railways and Indian economic development
[Online resource]
Earlier this month, Indian Railways celebrated its 160th anniversary. The first passenger train set off on 16 April 1853 from Mumbai to Thane, 34 kilometres away. Here, Latika Chaudhary and Dan Bogart analyse the economic role of railways in British India. This is the first of two blogs on public goods provision in colonial India.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2013 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 28 Aug 2024 11:29 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125240 |