| 词条 | Fateh Chand Badhwar |
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| name = Fateh Chand Badhwar | image = Fateh Chand Badhwar.jpg | birth_date = 1900 | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|10|10|1900}} | occupation = Civil Servant | nationality = Indian | awards = Order of the British Empire (in 1946) Padma Bhushan (in 1955) }}Fateh Chand Badhwar OBE, MBE (Mil.) ( 1900 - 10 October 1995) was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to become Chairman of the Railway Board.[1][1] Early life and educationBadhwar's father was an officer in the Indian Civil Service.[3] He completed his schooling from Sherwood College in Nainital and later went on to study Mechanical Science Tripos at Cambridge University.[2][3] CareerBadhwar began his career as a marine engineer, working in several European countries on marine civil engineering projects after completing his engineering degree at Cambridge.[1][4] In June 1925, he joined the East Indian Railway[4] at Calcutta where he became one of the first Indian recruits in the technical services of the railways.[5] In his early years in the railways he was assigned to several civil works including the laying of new lines and bridges and he had a stint at Liluah's Carriage and Wagons workshop.[1] During World War II, Badhwar served with the Corps of Engineers where he rose to become a Lieutenant-Colonel. For his services to the war effort, Major Fateh Chand Badhwar, Commanding Officer of the Technical Group of the East Indian Railway was awarded the MBE (Military) in 1942.[1][6] He rejoined civil administration the following year and served variously as Secretary to the Railway Board, General Manager of the Oudh and Tirhut Railway and from 1949 on the Railway Board as Member Staff and then as Member Engineering. For his services, he was made an Order of the British Empire OBE (Civil) in 1946.[1][7] In 1951 he was appointed Chairman of the Railway Board — the first Indian to occupy that office which he held until his retirement in October 1954.[8] As Chairman of the Railway Board, Badhwar oversaw the amalgamation of the various privately owned railways, government owned lines and those of the princely states into the single organisation of the Indian Railways. He was also a proponent of indigenisation of railway technology and used his technical skills and training to reduce India's railway imports from Britain and to modernise the railways' rolling stock. This he achieved through the Research Design and Standards Organisation, Lucknow which was established during his term as Chairman of the Railway Board.[8][5][9] As the Chairman of the Indian Railways, he was also part of high-powered committees to industrialise the newly independent India.[10] Later lifeAfter his retirement, Badhwar became the Director of Bird & Company.[11] He was also made Chairman of the Customs Inquiry Committee and the National Industrial Development Corporation.[1] He helped reorganize the Ceylon Government Railway in the 1950s when he served in that country under the Colombo Plan for two months.[12][13][14] Badhwar was a nature enthusiast and mountaineer who served as President of the Delhi Bird Watchers Society and had a long association with The Himalayan Club of which he was the first Indian president between 1964-67.[15] He also served as the Secretary of the Patiala-based Indian Society for Cultural Cooperation and Friendship.[16] HonoursBadhwar was honoured by the Government of India with a Padma Bhushan in 1955.[17] Badhwar Park, a railway residential colony in Mumbai's Colaba area has been named in his honour.[5][18] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|title=IN MEMORIAM — FATEH CHAND BADHWAR (1900-1995)|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/in-memoriam-46/|publisher=The Himalayan Club|accessdate=12 April 2013}} {{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1954–59}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Badhwar, Fateh Chand}}2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Khosla|first=Gopal Das|title=Memory's Gay Chariot: An Autobiographical Narrative|year=1985|publisher=Allied Publishers|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCBuAAAAMAAJ&q=F.+C.+Badhwar&dq=F.+C.+Badhwar|isbn=9788170230281}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=M. O. Mathai|title=My Days With Nehru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTtuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1979|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|isbn=978-0-7069-0823-7|page=156}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|title=Railway Gazette International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ooM7AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=January 1953|publisher=Reed Business Pub.|page=345}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Rail Trail |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/rail-trail/371036/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121451/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/rail-trail/371036/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-06-29 |accessdate=12 April 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=8 October }} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Supplement to the London Gazette, January 1942|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35399/supplements/24/page.pdf|publisher=London Gazette|accessdate=12 April 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Supplement to the London Gazette, June 1946|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37598/supplements/2789/page.pdf|publisher=London Gazette|accessdate=12 April 2013}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=OBITUARY: F. C. Badhwar|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4746409.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629111259/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4746409.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=29 June 2013|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=19 October 1995}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=50 Years of RDSO: Powering Indian Railways |url=http://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/works/uploads/File/powering-indian.pdf |accessdate=12 April 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405085718/http://www.rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/works/uploads/File/powering-indian.pdf |archivedate=5 April 2013 |df=dmy }} 10. ^{{cite book|author=L. C Jain|title=The city of hope: the Faridabad story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrLNEnirPfwC&pg=PA136|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-748-9|page=136}} 11. ^{{cite book|title=Civic Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuYmAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1958|publisher=P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press|pages=30–34}} 12. ^{{cite book|title=Railway Gazette International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YA7AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1955|publisher=Reed Business Pub.|page=226}} 13. ^{{cite book|title=Overseas Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lAjAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1955|page=71}} 14. ^{{cite book|author=Bamunuarachchige Don Rampala|title=History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway: B.D. Rampala Felicitation Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3zbAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 June 2013|year=1991|publisher=Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka|isbn=978-955-9119-00-5|page=134}} 15. ^{{cite journal|last=Kapadia|first=Harish|journal=The Himalayan Journal|year=1996|volume=52|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/editorial-36/|accessdate=12 April 2013 |title=Himalayan Journal 52}} 16. ^{{cite book|author=Mohinder Singh|title=Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZNgVkbUtagC&pg=PA388|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors (P) Limited|isbn=978-81-86565-90-2|page=389}} 17. ^{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna for Nehru|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005090902270900.htm&date=2005/09/09/&prd=th&|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 September 1955}} 18. ^{{cite web|title=Badhwar Park|url=http://www.touristlink.com/india/badhwar-park.html|accessdate=12 April 2013}} 9 : 1900 births|1995 deaths|Sherwood College alumni|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|Indian Railways officers|Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service|Indian civil servants|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Members of the Order of the British Empire |
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