World Postal History |
1840 | May 06: First Postage Stamp in the world Penny Black issued |
1874 | October 09: GPU (General Postal Union, the association before |
| introduction of UPU) was established in Berne |
1994 | e-mail was introduced | | |
Indian Postal History |
16th Cen | Mughal Emperor Akbar (Regime 1556-1605 AD) is credited with |
| organising an efficient system of despach using horses and camels |
1672 | South Indian Ruler Raja Chikkadeva of Mysore organised a regular |
| postal service throughout his dominion. |
1688 | First Post Office established in India by the British East India |
| Company- Only official mail were transacted.
|
1766 | Robert Clive sets up Regular Postal System. |
1774 | The services of the Post Office were extended to private mails (on |
| payment of postage) by Warren Hastings. |
1774 | Calcutta GPO was established. First PMG took charge in Calcutta. |
1786 | Madras GPO was established |
1794 | Bombay GPO was established |
1796 | Zamindari Dak lines established |
1820 | J&K Postal Services came into existence |
1830 | Bombay Code Regulation XI suppresses "Private Dawks" |
1852 | Scinde Dawks, the first indian paper stamp introduced by |
| Sir Bartle Frere, Commissioner of Scind |
1853 | The Telegraph Department came into existence |
1853 | Overseas Mail Service started |
1854 | October 01: First Postage Stamp in India was issued |
1860 | Postal Manuals were published |
1863 | Railway mail Sorting was introduced |
1867 | Field Post Office (FPO) Organised |
1873 | First Embossed Envelope introduced |
1876 | India became a member in GPU (earlier form of UPU) |
1877 | Value Payable/Parcel/Insurance services were introduced |
1879 | Postcard was introduced |
1880 | Moneyorder service came into existence |
1882 | Savings Bank Deposit scheme was introduced |
1884 | Postal Life Insurance Scheme was started |
1914 | The departments of Posts and Telegraph merged as P&T Department |
1935 | IPOs introduced |
1947 | November 21: First Stamp in Independent India issued ('National Flag') |
1948 | August 15: Issued stamps on Gandhiji |
1953 | P&T Department introduced Hindi as the Official Language |
1957 | November 14: first Children's Day Stamps issued (three stamps) |
1959 | DLO name changed to RLO |
1959 | PRSS introduced |
1961 | July 01: Kerala Postal Circle formation. |
1972 | August 15: Postal Index Number (PIN) introduced in India |
1972 | Sanchayika system introduced |
1972 | MPKBY system introduced |
1975 | QMS introduced |
1994 | Express MO, Postal Metro Channel, Rajadhani Channel introduced |
2002 | May 13: First embossed Postage Stamp issued |
| ("Parliament Golden Jubilee" 1952-2002) |
2003 | Bill Mail Service was introduced |
2004 | ePost was introduced |
2005 | Logistic Post, Direct Post were introduced |
2006 | instant Money Order (iMO) was introduced
Via Katiharho. |
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