DELHI GPO is among the very few
buildings of lndia Post which has been given the status of “Heritage Building” by
the Archaeological Survey of lndia and
is in close proximity to the historical Red Fort and Chandni Chowk.
SHIMLA GPO on the Mall, established in 1883 on the site of a house known
and as “Conny Lodge”,
is one of the oldest Post Office buildings in the country.
UDAGAMANDALAM HPO The first Post Office at Udagamandalam was opened in 1826 with an
establishment of a writer and two delivery peons. There are no records as
to where the office originally was. In the earliest plan of Ootacamund (1829) the building which afterwards became the Post Office
is shown and marked as Government Bungalow. Records show that in November
1833, the Post Office was at Rays house.
COOCH BEHAR HPO In 1875 the Post &
Telegraph Office of Cooch Behar State
is learnt to have been introduced under the administrative control of Rangpur Postal Division.
The Cooch Behar Post Office was initially functioning in the building
situated in the Purana Post Office Para.
NAGPUR GPO considered the mother institution in
the Postal Circle of the Central Province, is housed in a majestic Victorian building,
once the seat of erstwhilePostmaster General of CP & Berar.
LUCKNOW GPO is an example of
relatively more contemporary engineering and architecture. Constructed
with red bricks and lime stone, iron was not used in its construction.
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