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Season Finale

Indian Hill Railways: Season 1

1x03 The Kalka-Shimla Railway

  • 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 1h
  • Nick Mattingly
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Shimla was once the summer capital of the Raj. They built churches, schools, a town hall and the railway and left behind their symbols of empire and an ethos of duty, loyalty and ambition - but they also left a divided subcontinent. Characters featured include Maqsood, a refugee and a porter from Kashmir, and John Whitmarsh-Knight, a teacher looking for a home. Sanjay the stationmaster is hoping for promotion, and his boss Bataljit is waiting for a transfer, but everybody is waiting for the snow.
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