Important Exam Material for LDCE PA SA, MTS and Postman Mail Gurad Exam

24.03.1766- Robert Clive started Manual Postal System in West Bengal

31.03.1774- Warren Hastings (Governor General) has opened Calcutta, GPO to accept the mails of local public

1781- PMG Calcutta has been appointed

12.08.1854- Imperial Post Office Act introduced, Inauguration of regular India Post services

01.10.1854- First Director General (MrRiddel) appointed under Imperial
Post Office Act, Issue / inauguration of First Postal Stamp, Parcel service started, डाक विभाग भारत में प्रथम संगठित केन्द्रीयकृत विभाग के रूप में कार्यरत हुआ

1863- First ‘Moving Post Office सचल डाकघर’ has been started between Allahabad and Kanpur

1870- First ‘Superintendent’ appointed at headquarter of Allahabad

1880- ‘Moving Post Office सचल डाकघर’ has been named as Rail Mail Service

1887- ‘Sorting Office’ started/opened at important Railway Stations, Airports and other places

1876- India became a member of Union Postal Union which is an agency of UNO

01.02.1884- Start of PLI

1949- Mohd Rafi Ahmed Kidwai our first Communication Minister has started All Up Scheme with the introduction of Sunday as Postal Holiday

02.04.1951- First Postal Training Center started at Saharanpur UP

15.08.1972- PIN code started

1914 – 31.12.1984 Postal & Telecom worked jointly

01.01.1985- Postal & Telecom Departments separated

1991- Introduction of AMPC (Automated Mail Processing Center)

1993 – Mumbai 1996 – Chennai 2012 – New Delhi

1993- Corporate Logo of ‘India Post’ introduced

10.10.2008- EMO introduced

Jan 2006- Instant Money Order started

30.01.2004- e-Post service started

2004 – 2005- Logistic Post

June 2005- Direct Post

March 1999- Express Parcel Post started which later in 2013 bifurcated
into EPP and Business Parcel

2005- Bill Mail Service

18.07.2005- Mail pick up service started

11.04.2008- New Delhi GPO has been awarded ISO certificate

28.02.2013- With effect from this date there no office named as Mail
Business Center (MBC), rather, they shall forthwith be
called Business Post Center (BPC)

05.03.2013- On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Shastri
Bhavan PO New Delhi – 110001 has been inaugurated as MahilaDakghar by Shri Kapil Sibbal the then Communication Minister. The first SPM (Mahila) was SmtBimla Bhatia

India Post comes under the Ministry of Communication headed by Director General (Post) having headquarter situated at New Delhi, who is also known as Secretary (Post) and Chairman of Postal Service Board.

There are six members other than Chairman of Postal Service Board

• 1. Member (Personnel)
• 2. Member (Operation)
• 3. Member (Technology)
• 4. Member (PLI) & Chairman (Investigation Board)
• 5. Member (HRD)
• 6. Member (Planning)

India Post has been divided into –
Postal Circles -> Regions -> Divisions -> HO / SO / BO

There are a total of 23 circles working in the Department of Posts which are as under: –

Jurisdiction- Andhra Pradesh, Yaman 

Headquarter- Hyderabad

Jurisdiction- Kerala, Lakshuyadwip 

Headquarter-Tiruvananthapuram

Jurisdiction- Madhya Pradesh 

Headquarter- Bhopal

Jurisdiction- Maharashtra, Goa 

Headquarter- Mumbai

Jurisdiction- Karnataka 

Headquarter- Bangaluru

Jurisdiction- Orrisa 

Headquarter- Bhubneshwar

Jurisdiction- Himachal Pradesh 

Headquarter- Shimla

Jurisdiction- Panjab and Chandigarh, UT

Headquarter- Chandigarh

Jurisdiction- Haryana

Headquarter- Ambala

Jurisdiction- Rajasthan 

Headquarter- Jaipur

Jurisdiction- Tamilnadu, Puducherry, UT 

Headquarter- Chennai

Jurisdiction- Uttar Pradesh 

Headquarter- Lucknow

Jurisdiction- West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Sikkim

Headquarter-Kolkata

Jurisdiction- Uttarkhand 

Headquarter- Dehradun

Jurisdiction- Chattishgarh 

Headquarter- Raipur

Jurisdiction- Jharkhand 

Headquarter- Ranchi