A Day after the end of Telegraph era (Watch Pics)

New Delhi: 15th of July 2013 was the day when, 163-year old telegram service of India became history.As the service faded with the development in technology. With the use of SMS, emails, mobile phones, very few people were taking recourse to it.Though It has been the the harbinger of good and bad news for generations of Indians and believed to be the fastest means of communication before the introduction of digital technology. Here are some pics from Telegraph office of the last day of the service and a day after the end of the service: An employee walks inside the records room of the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai. An employee checks a file inside the records room of the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai. Employees play carom during lunch break in the recreation room of the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai. The dispatch section of the telegram office at the Central Telegraph Office wears a deserted look in Mumbai. A farewell poster put up by a telegraph employee is displayed on a wall. A man offers a banana to a cow outside the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai. Indian man Mahinder, who claims to have made a living working as a telegram agent for the past six decades wipes his tears on the last day of the 163-year-old telegram service. An Indian telegraph employee processes a telegram on the last day of the 163-year-old service. Indian telegraph employees process telegrams on the last day of the 163-year-old service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai. Indian telegraph employees process telegrams on the last day of the 163-year-old service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai.