important details about india postoffice

1. When did General Post Office opened in India ?
Answer: 1774 (Kolkata)


2. What is the Fulform of PIN ?
Answer: Postal Index Number


3. Which is the first postage stamp of India ?
Answer: Sinde Dawk (1852)

4. When did the Pin system Started in India?
Answer: 1972 (In the same year Royal bangal Tiger replaces lion as National Animal)

5. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian territory ?
Answer: post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)

6. In which year Money Order system introduced in India ?
Answer: 1880

7. When did the service of speed post started in India ?
Answer: 1986

8. Where is postal staff college situated ?
Answer: Ghaziabad (UP) 

9. World Postal Day is observed in 
Answer: October 9

10. Indian Postal Day is observed in 
Answer: October 10

PIN code:
1. The Postal Index Number (PIN) is a six-digit code of post-office.
2.  It was introduced on August 15, 1972.
3.  There are nine PIN regions in the country
     1. Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh
     2. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
     3. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
     4. Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
     5. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana
     6. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep
     7. Odisha, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Sikkim
     8. Bihar, Jharkhand
     9. Army Post office (APO) and Field Post office (FPO)
5. The first eight are geographical regions, and the ninth is reserved for the Army Postal Service.
6.  The first digit indicates the regions; the first two digits indicate the sub-region; the first three digits indicate a sorting district, and the last three digits indicate the delivery post office.