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Railway Board Ministry of Railways Government of India
Emblem of India
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Rail Bhavan, Raisina Marg, New Delhi — 110011
Website
http://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/
Map
Indian Railway network

The Chairman of the Indian Railway Board is the administrative head of the Indian Railways, which functions under the overall control of the Parliament of India through the Minister for railways.

Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 British Raj 1.2 After Independence 2 List of Heads of Indian Railways 2.1 Chief Commissioners of Railway, 1922—1951 2.2 Chairmen Railway Board, 1951—present 3 References

[edit]History

[edit]British Raj

The Indian Railway Board was constituted in 1922, with a Chief Commissioner of Railways as its head, who was solely responsible to the Government for decisions on technical matters and for advising the Government on matters of policy.

[edit]After Independence

In April, 1951 the post of Chief Commissioner was abolished and the seniormost functional Member was appointed the Chairman of the Board.^[1]

[edit]List of Heads of Indian Railways

[edit]Chief Commissioners of Railway, 1922—1951

List of Chief Commissioners of Railway^[2]

S. No.	Name	From	To	Duration (months)
1	Sir Clement Hindley	01.11.1922	11.10.1928	63
2	Sir Austen Hadow	12.10.1928	15.10.1929	12
3	Sir Guthrie Russell	16.10.1929	16.07.1940	128
4	Sir Leonard Wildson	17.07.1940	17.08.1944	49
5	Sir Arthur Griffin	12.09.1944	19.05.1946	20
6	Col RB Emerson	20.05.1946	10.09.1947	16
7	KC Bakhle	11.09.1947	31.03.1951	42