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  2. James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie - Wikipedia

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    A department of public works was established in each presidency, and engineering colleges were provided. An imperial system of telegraphs followed. The first link of railway communication was completed in 1855, and well-considered plans mapped out the course of other lines and their method of administration. [ 24 ]

  3. Central Public Works Department - Wikipedia

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    The Central Public Works Department (CPWD, Hindi: केंद्रीय लोक निर्माण विभाग) is a department under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of India and is in charge of public sector works. It serves as the builder, developer and manager of Central government properties.

  4. List of governors-general of India - Wikipedia

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    First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853) Charles Wood Despatch (1854) Post Office Act, 1854; Established Public Works Department (1854) Santhal Rebellion (1855) (15,000 Santhals were killed by the British Army during the rebellion. Elephants were used to destroy Santhal Dwellings)

  5. Mercedes-Benz India - Wikipedia

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    Mercedes-Benz started assembly and manufacturing in India in 1994 based in New Delhi under Pushpindar Singh Chopra. [7] Mercedes-Benz launched its new used car brand, Mercedes-Benz Certified [8] in India in December 2014 with the simultaneous inauguration of 12 new Mercedes-Benz Certified outlets across India.

  6. History of Chrysler - Wikipedia

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    The new, lower-priced 4-cylinder Chrysler introduced for 1926 year was a badge-engineered Maxwell. [8] The advanced engineering and testing that went into Chrysler Corporation cars helped to push the company to the second-place position in U.S. sales by 1936, a position it would last hold in 1949.

  7. Chrysler - Wikipedia

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    The Chrysler company was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, [12] [13] when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation. [14] [15] The company was headquartered in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park, [16] [17] [18] where it remained until completing the move to its present Auburn Hills location in 1996.

  8. Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy - Wikipedia

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    Jejeebhoy was born in Bombay in 1783, the son of Merwanjee Mackjee Jejeebhoy and Jeevibai Cowasjee Jejeebhoy. His father was a Parsi textile merchant from Surat, Gujarat, who migrated to Bombay in the 1770s. [5] Both of Jeejeebhoy's parents died in 1799, leaving the 16-year-old under the tutelage of his maternal uncle, Framjee Nasserwanjee ...

  9. Bombay Presidency - Wikipedia

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    The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainland territory was acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein. Poona was the summer capital. [1]