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OTR003
I wonder how much difference in the comfort level existed between the Indian style and Western style of retiring rooms back then.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2011 Jun 05 11:37:31 +0100
ABR
still miss these steam babys.........
Posted by subroto (guest) on 2009 May 02 09:39:18 +0100
ERS - Ktym Inaugural run 1966
Dr. Jitendra, Travancore and Cochin were two different states. Though officially friendly states, there were always ideological differences between the two. After independence, the two states were merged to form the state of Travancore-Cochin (1947-1956), administrative capital at Trivandrum and Judicial capital at Cochin. Later, in 1956, the district of Malabar was merged with Travancore-Cochin to form the state of Kerala. Travancore pushed for a commonwealth of Independent states after independence but the king of Cochin, Sri. Kerala Varma joined the union of India immediately. This was more of a political move to "defeat" Travancore, and the commonwealth (spearheaded by States of Bhopal and Travancore) idea died off instantly

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2008 Jul 10 04:15:36 +0100
ERS - Ktym Inaugural run 1966
I had always wantd to see an MG pic of this section.. thanks Jimmy for this gem!
Posted by Sriram P on 2008 Jul 09 16:20:56 +0100
ERS - Ktym Inaugural run 1966
Thanks Jimmy for this piece of history. Did it really take 15 yrs. to complete? And didn't know that Travancore - Cochin was the first princely state to join India. I guess Hyderabad was the last one - Hyderabad and Kutch had their own currencies and railway stations within their boundaries accepted only those, and not the Indian rupee of that time.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2008 Jul 09 06:48:33 +0100