National Postal Day
National Postal Day is celebrated in India on 10 October annually. The day is observed to remember the duty played by the Indian postal department for the past 150 years. Indian postal celebrated as an extension of World Post Day, which is celebrated on 9 October.
Writing letters was most important form of communication before the introduction of e-mails and also online messaging. The mailing services were introduced in India by the British Government.
Indian postal service
Indian postal service is an essential part of India. The postal services in India has given a best efficiency despite the diversity in culture, tradition and also tough geographical terrains.
The Indian postal service was founded in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie. It functions under the Ministry of Communications. The Minister liable is Ravishankar Prasad.
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India’s PIN Code system
PIN in Pincode represents Postal Index Number. The 6-digit PIN system was introduced by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, on 15 August 1972. The initial figure of the PIN code notes the region. The second figure denotes the sub-region. The 3rd digit notes the area. The last three digits reveal the post office under which a particular address drops.
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The first digit indicates region. The second digit indicates the sub region or one of the postal circles (States). The third digit indicates a sorting / revenue district. The last 3 digits refer to the delivery Post Office.
The first digit of PIN indicates as below:
The first 2 digits of PIN indicate as below:
National Postal Week
National Postal Week is being observed from 9 to 15 October annually. Every year on 9th October the World Post Day celebrates on the anniversary of Universal Postal Union establishment date.
National Postal Week Aim
To create awareness about the role and contributions by postal department in social and economic development.
Regions Celebrated
The National Postal Week is celebrated in 6 regions of India under its jurisdiction- Goa, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad.
World Post Day
Every year on 9 October World Post Day is commemorated as the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss funding, Bern. In 1969, the UPU Congress in Tokyo, Japan. Since then, countries across the world commemorate World Post Day. The major aim of this day is to bring awareness about the duty of Post’s in the day-to-day lives of services and also people as well as likewise add to worldwide social and also economic growth.
Previously, in the past days writing letters as well as sending out messages was the main method to keep in touch. Now it is not so. This is the world of emails and also online messaging. Earlier, phones were likewise not readily available. So, that time Postal Service has its very own relevance.
Related Questions
- World Post Day is observed on which date? – October 09
- When did the first General Post Office opened in India? – 1774
- Which is the first postage stamp of India? – Scinde Dawk (1852)
- Where is postal staff college situated? – Ghaziabad (UP)
- When did Universal Postal Union founded? – 1874
- Indian Postal Day is observed on which date? – October 10
- In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India? – 1884
