Communication and Transport in India - Important Events and History

Communication and Transport in India - Important Events and History

Postal Service in India

• First Postal Service was started in - 1837
• First All-India Postal Stamp was issued - 1854
• First Postal Department was opened - 1854
• First Money Order was started in - 1880
• First Air-Mail Service was first operated
• at Allahabad & Nainital - 1911
• Total No.of Postal Zones - 8
• PINCODE was started in the year - 1972
• First Postal ATM was opened in which city? Answer: Chennai

Pincode Zones and Their Jurisdiction

• Zone No.1 Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
• Zone No.2 Uttar Pradesh
• Zone No.3 Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
• Zone No.4 Maharashtra, Goa & Madhya Pradesh
• Zone No.5 Andra Pradesh and Karnataka
• Zone No.6 Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Lakshadweep
• Zone No.7 West Bengal, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
• Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
• Zone No.8 Bihar

Telecommunication in India

• First Telephone line was started - 1851 between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour
• First Telephone service was started - 1881 at Kolkata
• First Telephone exchange was opened - 1881 at Kolkata with 50 lines
• First International Telephone line was - 1870 started between Mumbai and London
• First Automatic Telephone exchange in - 1913 Simla was opened at
• Post and Telecommunication started - 1984
• Total Post Offices (2000) - 1,55,000
• Quick Mail Service was started in - 1975
• Speed Post was started in - 1986
• E-Post was started in - 2002

Indian Railways

• On April 16, 1853, first train in India was opened between Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km.
• Deccan Queen is the first Electric train introduced in 1929. 
• Life Line Express or Jeevan Rekha is the world’s first hospital on wheels opened in Mumbai
• on 16th July 1991 to cater the medical needs of people in rural areas

Rail Tracks Measurement

• Metre Gauge 1.00 metre
• Broad Gauge 1.69 metre
• Narrow Gauge 0.77 metres

Railway Zones

1. Central Railway Nov. 05, 1958 Mumbai
2. Eastern Railway Aug. 01, 1955 Kolkata
3. Northern Railway April 14, 1952, New Delhi
4. North-Eastern Railway April 14, 1952, Gorakhpur
5. North-East Frontier Jan. 15, 1958 Maligaon, Guwahati
6. Southern Railway April 14, 1951, Chennai
7. South-Central Oct. 02, 1966 Secunderabad
8. South-Eastern Aug. 01, 1955 Kolkata
9. Western Railway Nov. 05, 1955 Mumbai(Church Gate)
10. East-Coast Railway Aug. 08, 1996 Bhubaneshwar
11. North-Central Railway Aug. 28, 1996, Allahabad
12. East-Central Railway Sep. 08, 1996 Hajipur
13. North-Western Railway Oct. 10, 1996, Jaipur
14. South-Western RailwayNov. 01, 1996 Bangalore
15. West-Central Railway Dec. 12, 1996, Jabalpur
16. South-East Central Rly. Sep. 09, 1998 Bilaspur

Railway Manufacturing Units :

• 1950 Chittaranjan Locomotive Works - Chittaranjan - (Locomotives  )
• 1955 Integral Coach Factory - Perambur (Coaches)
• 1964 Diesel Locomotive Works - Varanasi (Locomotives)
• 1983 Wheel & Axle Plant Diesel Component Works  Yelahanka and Patiala (Wheels & axes
•  Components of diesel engines)
• 1988 Rail Coach Factory - Kapurthala (Coaches, waggons & spl.
• containers
• The International Airport Authority of India (IAAI) was set up in 1972
• Tata was the first to make a solo flight from Mumbai to Karachi, (Now in Pakistan) in 1931