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Download Solution PDFIn which place was the first post office of India established by the British East India Company in 1764?
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Option 4 : Bombay (now Mumbai)
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Key Points
- The East India Company started establishing post offices in India.
- The East India Company opened its first post office in 1727.
- The first post office in India was established by the British East India Company in Bombay in 1764.
- Chronology-
- In 1766 - Robert Clive sets up a regular postal system.
- In 1774- Warren Hastings organizes the Post Office.
- In 1774 - Calcutta GPO was established.
- In 1786 - Madras GPO was established.
- In 1794 - Bombay GPO was established.
Additional Information
- India Post is the trade name for the Department of Posts (DoP), a government-operated postal system in India under the Ministry of Communications.
- With 1, 55,531 Post Offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.
- National Postal Week
- It is celebrated from 9th to 15th October every year.
- World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9th October.
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