The construction of the Irrawaddy Valley State…

1874 CE

The construction of the Irrawaddy Valley State Railway in Burma, which begins in 1874, also provides employment in the earthworks for many famine immigrants from Bengal.

The one hundred and sixty-three-mile (two hundred and sixty-two kilometers) Rangoon-to-Prome line, following the Irrawaddy River, will be built over a three-year period with labor imported from India (particularly the areas affected by the Bihar famine of 1873–74).

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Yangon > Rangoon Rangoon Myanmar View →

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Bengalis View → Bengal Presidency View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Burma, Lower (British) View → British Raj; India (Indian Empire) View →

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Colonization of Asia, British View → Bihar Famine of 1873-74 View →

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Engineering View → Environment View → Labor and Service View → Government View →

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