A Pollution Free Legacy
Partho Datta
RAJPOTHE TRAM: BIBORTAN, AVIGHAT O KOLKATAR SOMAJJIBAN, 1873-1947 by By Abhijit Saha Bookpost Publication, Kolkata, 2022, 128 pp., INR 260.00
January 2024, volume 1, No January 2024, volume 48, No 1

Trams were introduced in Calcutta in 1873 and in Bombay a year later in 1874 and in Madras in 1886. Trams remained in place as Calcutta became Kolkata. In Madras and Bombay (long before they became Chennai and Mumbai) trams had been phased out in 1953 and 1964 respectively.

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