GK
DAYS AND YEARS
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June 14, 2013
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July 14, 2013
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August 1, 2013
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July 30, 2013
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Detailed explanation-1: -The last telegram ever in India was sent from the city of Nagpur on July 14, 2013, at 11:55 pm, by one Kavita Waghamare to her mother. In it, she wrote a poem wherein she praised and saluted her mother’s love, saluted the telegram staff for 163 long service, and lastly, saluted our motherland, India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Office. 2013: With effect from July 13, 2013, 162 years old telegraph service discontinued in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The growing use of mobile phones and Internet has led to steep decline in the usage of the telegraphic service…it [the telegram] has become financially unviable. After stopping telegram service for overseas communication earlier this year, we have now decided to discontinue it for the domestic market from July 15.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thousands crowd telegraph offices to send country’s last telegrams, July 14, 2013. NEW DELHI-Thousands of people crowded telegraph offices around India to send the country’s last telegrams, as the government shut down the 163-year old service on Sunday.