George Turnbull was the Chief Engineer responsible for construction from 1851 to 1863 of the first railway line from Calcutta (the then commercial capital of India): the 541-mile line to Benares en route to Delhi. He was acclaimed in the Indian Government’s Official Gazette of 7 February 1863 paragraph 5 as the First railway engineer of India.
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1809-09-02
birth place
Scotland, Perth Scotland, Perth and Kinross, Luncarty
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