Mar 28, 2014

SOME IMPORTANT DATES IN INDIAN POSTAL HISTORY

1st July 1852 – Use of first Postage stamp (Scinde dawk)
1854 – Indian Postal system came into existence
October 1854 – Release of first Postage stamp for use throughout India
1884 – Introduction of Postal Life Insurance
18th February 1911 – India became first country to carry mail by air (Allahabad to Naini)
1931 – Use of first pictorial stamp
21st November 1947 – Release of first Postage stamp of independent India
1972 – Introduction of Postal Index Number
1982 – Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank
1986 – Introduction of Speed Post
1995 – Introduction of VSAT money order system and Rural Postal Life Insurance
2004 – 150 years of India Post
2008 – Commissioning Project Arrow
2010 – Introduction of Mail Network Optimisation Project
2012 – Commissioning IndiaPost  Project

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