Last telegram sent to Rahul Gandhi
Posted on: 15/Jul/2013 11:42:00 AM
Telegram services which was in India for the past 163 years bid its adieu on 14th midnight. Telegrams brought joy and sorrows. It was a part of life until other communications systems came into vogue. In Delhi, the last telegram was sent to Rahul Gandhi. Just 15 minutes to midnight, the iconic telegram breathed its last in the capital with the last message sent to Rahul Gandhi.
The telegram counter closed at 11:45 PM and the revenue collected was Rs 68,837 as the country bade adieu to the harbinger of good and bad news for generations of Indians. The last telegram was booked at the counter of Central Telegraph Office (CTO) Janpath by one Ashwani Mishra, who sent messages to Gandhi and Director General of DD news SM Khan.
