Indian Steamship Ventures, 1836-1910: Darmanathan Prouchandy of Pondicherry, First Steam Navigator from South India, 1891-1910
Subtitle: Darmanathan Prouchandy of Pondicherry, First Steam Navigator from South India, 1891-1900
Publisher: L.P. Memorial Sangam, Pondicherry
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Pondicherry
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 116
Description: In this book, More writes about the early history of steam navigation in India since 1836 upto 1910. Dwarkanath Tagore of Bengal was the pioneer in Indian Steam Navigation. Darmanathan Prouchandy of Pondicherry was the first Tamilina to run steamers since 1891. He was also the first Indian and Tamilian to attempt to run a passenger steamer line by sea in the South China sea in 1895. But permission was denied to him by the French colonial authorities of Indochina. Later, we have the steam navigation ventures of the Roys of Bengal and the Bengal Steam Navigation Company. In the south, the Si.Va. Company started a steamer service between Tuticorin and Colombo in early 1906. This was followed by the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, initiated by the Indian patriot, V.O.Chidambaram
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: The First South Indian and Tamil Steam Navigation Venture; title: Chapter 2: The Tata Line and East Bengal River Steam Service; title: Chapter 3: Indian Steam Navigation Companies post 1904; title: Chapter 4: The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, 1906-1909; title: Conclusions and Observations; title: Notes; title: Biographical Sketches; title: Bibliography; title: Index