The Indian Postal Guide of August 1880 shows the following Postal Circles
INDIAN
POSTAL CIRCLES : 1947-1948
By: Mr.
Ashok Kumar Bayanwala
When the Postal facilities were opened
to public on 1st April 1774, there were 3 Postal Circles namely Bengal, Bombay
and Madras. Bengal was catering whole of Eastern and Northern regions of British
Empire. Madras was handling whole of Southern region and the rest was catered
by Bombay.
In 1839, North West Province Circle was
formed and since then, new Postal Circles were formed, as the need was born
to have separate Circles.
In December 1860 Punjab
Circle, in 1861 Burma Circle, in 1866 Central Province Circle and in 1869 Sind
Circle were formed. Till 1880 Oudh (1870), Rajputana (1871), Assam ((1873),
Bihar (1877), Eastern Bengal (1878) and Central India (1879) were formed. Since
then, new Circles were formed and existing Circles were amalgamated with other
Circles.
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The Indian Postal Guide of August 1880 shows the following Postal Circles
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The Indian Postal Guide of August 1881 shows the following Postal Circles
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The Indian Postal Guide of July 1909 shows the following Postal Circles |
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Postal Circle |
Head Quaters |
Postal Circle |
Head Quaters |
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Bengal (Including Bihar) |
Calcutta |
Bombay (Including Sind) |
Bombay |
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Burma |
Rangoon |
Central |
Nagpore |
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Eastern Bengal & Assam |
Dacca |
Madras |
Madras |
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Punjab & North West Frontier |
Lahore |
U. P. (Agra & Oudh) |
Lucknow |
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Sorting Circles-Northern |
Ambala |
Sorting Circles-Eastern |
Allahabad |
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Sorting Circles-Western |
Nasik |
Sorting Circles-Southern |
Bangalore |
In 1914, there were only 7 Postal Circles namely - Bengal & Assam, Bihar & Orissa, Bombay (including Sind), Burma, Central, Madras, Punjab & NWF and U. P.
By 1937, there were 8
Postal Circles, though Burma was separated from India on 1st April 1937. The
Postal Circles were Bengal & Assam, Bihar & Orissa, Bombay, Sindh,
Central, Madras, Punjab & NWF and U. P.
On 1st April 1946, the
British India had the following Postal Circles - Bengal & Assam, Bombay,
Madras, United Province, Punjab & NWF, Bihar & Orissa, Central and
Sind & Baluchistan.
After partition, the independent
India had the following Postal Circles - Assam, Bengal, Bihar & Orissa,
Bombay, Central, East Punjab, Madras and U. P.
Today, India have 20 Postal
Circles namely - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, J & K, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, North
Eastern, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
and Army Postal Service.
Readers are requested to send their query/comments to Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, 96, Swastik Society,Navarangpura, AHMEDABAD-380009, INDIA or email to Prashant H. Pandya
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