| LC control no. | nb2007007678 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Eastern Bengal Railway |
| Variant(s) | EBR Isṭārna Beṅgala Relaoẏe Eastern Bengal State Railway |
| See also | Pakistan Eastern Railway |
| Beginning date | 1857 |
| Associated country | Bangladesh |
| Found in | Bāṃlāẏa brahmaṇa, 1940 BL database, 22 Mar. 2007 (hdg.: Eastern Bengal Railway) Pūrbabāṃlāra relaoẏera itihāsa, 1862-1947, 2007: t.p. verso (Eastern Bengal Railway) pref. (Isṭārna Beṅgala Relaoẏe; initiated and developed in erstwhile East Bengal in 1862) Railway business with the jute trade, [1904] p. 2 (Eastern Bengal State Railway) Banglapedia, viewed Aug. 12, 2009: Railroads (Eastern Bengal Railway, EBR became Pakistan Eastern Railway Feb. 1, 1961) Wikipedia, viewed 17 Aug. 2018 (The Eastern Bengal Railway (full name Eastern Bengal Railway Company, shortened EBR) was one of the pioneering railway companies that operated from 1857 to 1942, in Bengal and Assam provinces of British India. The EBR was taken over by the Government of India in 1884 and renamed the Eastern Bengal State Railway. The Calcutta and South Eastern Railway was merged into it in 1887. In 1915, it reverted to its old name Eastern Bengal Railway. On 1 February 1961, Eastern Bengal Railway was renamed as Pakistan Railway and in 1962 it became Pakistan Eastern Railway. With the emergence of Bangladesh, it became Bangladesh Railway.) |
| Associated language | eng ben |
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