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== చరిత్ర ==

 

The Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by amalgamating three lower divisions of the East Indian Railway: Howrah, Asansol and Danapur, the entire [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) and the Sealdah division of the erstwhile [[Bengal Assam Railway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WebForm/FrameContent/Engineering.html|title=Sealdah division-Engineering details|publisher=The Eastern Railway, Sealdah division}}</ref> (which was already added to the East Indian Railway on 15 August 1947). On 1 August 1955, the portions of BNR stretching from Howrah to Visakhapatnam in the South, Howrah to Nagpur in the Central area and up to Katni in the North Central Region were separated from Eastern Railway and became the [[South Eastern Railway Zone, India|South Eastern Railway]].<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, pp.42–3</ref><ref name=er>{{cite web |url=https://www.easternrailway.gov.in/erweb_new/about_us/aboutus.asp|title=The Eastern Railway-About us|publisher=The Eastern Railway}}</ref> Three more divisions: Dhanbad, Mughalsarai and Malda were formed later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/focus/fojul99/fo2407991.html|title=Focus-Eastern Railway|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> Till 30 September 2002 ER consisted seven divisions.