POSTAL HISTORY

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