Abstract: This paper traces the story of development of railway in Punjab under the British rule. How modernisations and alternations came with the coming of railway especially in the respective areas discussed however these developments were largely linked with economic, political and administrative interests. Even then some allied transformation came in the Punjab region. On the other side this region became the flashpoint ground of British army recruitment and it added the more importance to Punjab. This paper builds up in the reference of railway development in colonial Punjab in general, especially focusing on railway connectivity of military cantonments and led to social and cultural assimilation in particular.
Keywords: colonialism, railway, urbanization, migration, socio-cultural assimilation
Title: Railway Development in Colonial Punjab: Social and Cultural Assimilation
Author: Bhupinder Singh, Amandeep Kaur
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online),
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
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