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

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