Question : When was the first train steamed off in India?
Option 1: 1848
Option 2: 1853
Option 3: 1875
Option 4: 1880
Correct Answer: 1853
Solution : The correct answer is 1853
The train that travelled for the first time between Bori Bunder and Thane in 1853 was known as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR). Sahib, Sultan and Sindh were the locomotives that propelled its thirteen carriages. This station was rebuilt as Victoria Terminus later in 1888. The GIPR railway line opened for business in April 1853.
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