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IOR/L/AG/46/11
- Record Id:
- 037-000980478
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000980312
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000026.0x0002a2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/AG/46/11
- Title:
- Records of the East Indian Railway Company
- Scope & Content:
- Inter alia' contains records of appointments to the E.I.R. made in the UK, 1858-1925 [IOR/L/AG/46/11/133-137] and half-yearly lists of white collar and manual staff 1861-1890, 1911-1922 [IOR/L/AG/46/11/138-141]. Number 46/11/31 was not used
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000944532
036-000980312
037-000980478 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/AG : Accountant General's Records
IOR/L/AG/46 : Records of the Indian Guaranteed Railway Companies and other material relating to railway administration in India
IOR/L/AG/46/11 : Records of the East Indian Railway Company - Contains:
- IOR/L/AG/46/11/1 : Copies of Deed of Settlement, 1847 and of agreements to 1875. Copies of Joint Stock Companies Act, 1844 and the East India…
IOR/L/AG/46/11/2 : Two Deeds of Accession, to which are attached signatures and addresses of those who agreed to provide additional share capital…
IOR/L/AG/46/11/3 : Deed of Settlement of the re-constituted company Copies of Acts of Parliament 1849-1895
IOR/L/AG/46/11/4 : Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State
IOR/L/AG/46/11/5 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/6 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/7 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/8 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/9 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/10 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/11 : Minutes of Board of Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/12 : Reports of the Directors
IOR/L/AG/46/11/13 : Copies of letters from the Company Secretary to the Secretary of the East India Company
IOR/L/AG/46/11/14 : Letters from the Agent at Calcutta
IOR/L/AG/46/11/15 : Letters from the Agent at Calcutta
IOR/L/AG/46/11/16 : Letters from the Agent at Calcutta
IOR/L/AG/46/11/17 : Letters from the Agent at Calcutta
IOR/L/AG/46/11/18 : Letters from the Agent at Calcutta
IOR/L/AG/46/11/19 : Lists of debentures exchanged for East India Stock or purchased
IOR/L/AG/46/11/20 : List of cancelled debentures
IOR/L/AG/46/11/21 : List of transfer of 3% New Debenture Stock
IOR/L/AG/46/11/22 : Repayments of capital of 3.5% Debenture Stock
IOR/L/AG/46/11/23 : Statements of outstanding dividend warrants, interest coupons and annuities in respect of each dividend (In many instances,…
IOR/L/AG/46/11/24 : Annuities A and B No 1
IOR/L/AG/46/11/25 : Annuities A, B and C No 2
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- 032-000944532[0046]/036-000980312[0011]/037-000980478
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/AG
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 139 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1953
- Date Range:
- 1844-1953
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Administrative Context:
- One of the original guaranteed companies. Formed privately in 1845. Reconstituted in 1847 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1849. Purchased by Government in 1880 but leased back to the Company to work under contract. Brought under Government management 1925. First section from Howrah(Calcutta) to Pandua in Hooghly District was opened in 1854. Main line subsequently ran north-west across Bihar to the Ganges then via Benares and Allahabad to Delhi, with numerous branches. Provided the only direct access to the port of Calcutta from the Punjab and was connected to all the other large railway systems of Northern India.
- Publications:
- See 'History of the East Indian Railway', George Huddleston, 2 vols (Calcutta and Bristol, 1906, 1939) [IOL T 10142]
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- 1) Home and Overseas Correspondence of the E.I.R. 1845-1879 [IOR/L/PWD/2/43-64, 75-96] 2) Records of the India Office relating to the E.I.R. 1879-1952 [IOR/L/AG/46/31] 3) Two cancelled debenture certificates of the East Indian Railway Company, 1853 and 1860 [IOR/L/AG/46/24/2] 4) Statements of redemption payments of capital value of the E.I.R. 1908-1920 [IOR/L/AG/46/30/1-3] 5) Financial Department Collection 108, 'East Indian Railway', [IOR/L/F/7/904-912]