The Indian Railways took on its maiden journey on April 16, 1853 from Mumbai to Thane. It was declared a public holiday at that time.
A book found it IIT Roorke library (Report on the Ganga Canal, 1860), however, claims that the first train actually ran between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar on December 22, 1851.
Image: A train pulled by two vintage steam engines makes it way through a cheering
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