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Middle aged men and women, who will soon be absorbed in other departments of the BSNL slog during the last days of the telegram. The Eastern Court of the British served as the current Central Telegraph Office of the BSNL in India. This is the soon going to be dead Central Telegraph Office at Janpath in New Delhi. Smart phones, emails and SMS seem to have pushed the humble telegram service to a quiet corner with BSNL deciding to discontinue the 160-year-old telegraph service from 15 July,2013. Once the main source of quick and urgent communication, the service delivered many happy and sad news to people spread all over the country. But with the advent of technology and newer means of communication, the telegram found itself edged out. Telegraphy (from Greek: tele τῆλε "at a distance", and g
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