OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/India/Highways

This project describes the evolution of highway network in India

Books

• K. E. Verghese: The Development and Significance of Transport in India, 1834-1882 (1976)

Imperial Gazetteer of India

• Agra – Ahmedabad (1869-1875, originally compacted)
• Agra – Ajmer (1865-1869)
• Harihar – Bombay (bridge completed in 1868)
• Jhabua – Meghnagar (commenced in 1900)

Newspaper Articles about Road Construction

• The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies 1835 Sept, p.7: Roads (en)
• The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies 1839 Nov, p.193: (en) road completed from Bombay to Sindwa
• The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies 1840 Dec, p.273: Mysore (en)
  • Bangalore – Munjurabad (under construction)
  • Mangalore – Agumbe (completed)
  • Perapatam – Mercara (nearly finished)
• The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies 1841 Nov, p.265: Public Works (en)
• The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies 1842 Sept, p.104: (en) road from Calcutta to Sambalpur expected to be completed in 1844
• The Foreign Quarterly Review 1863, p.413: (en) road from Dharwad to Karwar expected to be completed in 1864