End of an Era: 160-year-old telegram service in India to close down on July 15
End of an Era: 160-year-old telegram service in India to close down on July 15
New Delhi: After 162 years of connecting people, India is now set to disband the world's last major telegram service and its legions of cycle-borne postmen. With the service made redundant by a technological revolution,
PTIPublished : Jul 11, 2013 16:38 IST, Updated : Jul 14, 2013 6:28 IST
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Over the past decade, several countries have phased out telegram services but Russia, Germany and Canada are still running the services, according to a report in The Telegraph.