Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja

Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja
Born	Jagmal Raja Chauhan 1887 Nagor, Cutch
Died	1974 Bombay, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Industrialist, Railway Contractor, Architect, Airline owner, philanthropist
Known for	railway bridge constructions, glass factory, industrialist

Jagmal Raja Chauhan (1887–1974), better known as Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja, was a noted railway contractor, industrialist, miner, private banker, aviation pioneer and philanthropist of India.

He was born in 1887 in a small village named Nagher, in Kutch and belonged the Mestri community. He studied in school only till class IV and joined his father's business of railway contractor at an early age of twelve only. He carried on his father's legacy to become a reputed and noted Railway Contractor of British India.

His father Raja Narayan Chauhan was also a noted railway contractor. Raja Narayan of Nagor with Mulji Meghji Chauhan also of Nagor in 1903 together built bridge over Yamuna river at Agra. Jagmal Raja Chauhan carried on father's legacy, who joined him at an early age of twelve to get practical knowledge of building bridges and laying rail lines.

Some of his railway contract works are in 1904 – railway track from Bulandshahr to Hapur, 1904– Shahdara to Saharanpur, 1906 – Aligarh Station, in 1906 – Balmau to Sitapur, 1908 – Allahbad, the Ganges Railway Bridge construction, 1911 – Allahbad, the Yamuna Bridge doubling, 1912 – Kanpur to Banda including the bridge near Hamirpur over Yamuna river, 1913 – Hooghly- Katwa section, 1913 – Jabalpur Gun Carriage siding, 1914 – the Mughalsarai railway yard extension, 1915 – Gaya – Katras doubling, 1916 – Gaya yard extension, 1922 – the Dhanbad railway yard extension, 1924 – Calcutta, the Kidderpore Docks extension, 1925 – Dehri-on-sone bridge, 1927– Bridge over Son River near Arrah, 1927 – Allahbad, the Yamuna bridge re-girding (in 1911 he had done doubling of same bridge), 1926–32 – Bally Bridge, 1932 Dankuni to Dum Dum for Calcutta Chord Railway

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