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
