Daakiya daak laya! 10 interesting facts about Indian Postal Service – News 18

Daakiya daak laya! 10 interesting facts about Indian Postal Service

The first post office in India was started by the British East India Company in 1764.

Mahatma Gandhi was the first person whose picture was depicted on free India’s stamp in 1948.

Located on 15,500 ft, the India Post office in Hikkim in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti District is the highest post office in the world.

India is one of the earliest active members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialised agency of the United Nations.

India was the first country in the Commonwealth to issue airmail stamps.

The world's first official airmail flight took place in India on February 18, 1911.

The Postal Index Number (PIN code) is a six-digit, Unique code of post-office numbering.

In April 1959, the Indian Postal Department adopted the motto 'Service before Self'

There are more than 33.03 crore account holders of the savings scheme of the department.

India Post ATMs have been installed in more than 500 locations across the country.

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