Question
Calcutta (now Kolkata) had been linked by rail in _____
to Siliguri, at the foothills of the Himalayas.Solution
In 1878, the railway line from Calcutta station to Siliguri was started in two stages – 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from Calcutta to Damookeah Ghat, on the southern bank of the Padma, across the river in a ferry and then 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) meter gauge to Siliguri.
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