The Post Office of India and Its Story

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Post Office of India	1
II.	The Origin of the Post Office	10
III.	Early Postal Regulations	26
IV.	Later Postal Regulations	38
V.	Parcel Post	48
VI.	The Railway Mail Service	58
VII.	Money Orders	71
VIII.	Savings Bank	81
IX.	The People and the Post Office	88
X.	The Indian Postman	97
XI.	Post Office Buildings	106
XII.	The Post Office in Indian States	112
XIII.	The Overland Route	119
XIV.	The Sea Post Office	127
XV.	The Post Office in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf	137
XVI.	The Post Office during the Indian Mutiny	151
XVII.	The Indian Field Post Office	165
XVIII.	The Indian Field Post Office during the Great War	171
XIX.	Indian Postage Stamps	178

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