Records of the India Office relating to the South Indian Railway Company
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Formed in 1874 by the amalgamation of the Great Southern of India Railway Company (see IOR/L/AG/46/13) with the Carnatic Railway Company. Purchased by Government in 1891 but leased back to private management. In 1908 it acquired the Jalarpet-Mangalore section of the Madras Railway. At its greates...