Railways created huge demand for technical personnel in British India. With the expansion of railways, various technical institutions were also established during the second half of the nineteenth century. But there was strong discrimination towards Indians, in the field of educations and also in jobs. Indians were not allowed admission in engineering or upper subordinate courses till 1864 in Thomason Engineering College at Roorkey. But Indians demanded more sophisticated technical knowledge. Apart from the engineering colleges, railway workshops also developed as centres for learning or knowledge generation. In the paper, first, I will emphasize the role of railways for the development of engineering and workshop education in colonial India; second, discuss about the various kinds of discrimination in job and education opportunities, as integral part of the colonial policy for the Indians.
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