QUICK INFORMATION ABOUT POSTAL SERVICES
First Post Office of India | Bombay in 1774 |
Founder of Postal in India | Governor General Lord Dalhousie |
First postage stamp of India | Sinde Dawk in 1852 |
First airmail | From Allahabad to Naini in 1911 |
First Post office outside India | Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica in 1983 |
Postal staff collage | Ghaziabad |
Indian Postal Day | 10th October |
IMPORTANT YEARS OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICES
Year | Event |
1774 | First post office of India was established in Bombay |
1852 | First postal stamp was introduced |
1863 | First Railway mail service was started |
1879 | First Post Card was introduced |
1880 | Money Order service was started |
1911 | Airmail service was started |
1972 | Pin code was adapted |
1986 | Speed Post service was started |
2004 | E post service was started |
2008 | Electronic Money order and Instant Money Order services were started |
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