India's last telegram marked out Sunday evening after millions of Indians rely on more than 160 years of rapid communications services.
Hundreds of people gathered in 75 telegraph stay in the country, their last telegram sent to friends or family as a keepsake.
Company to cancel leave office staff in handling grab Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, telegraph services in India, the general manager, the Shameem Akhtar said Monday.
The company said the decline in revenue, forcing it to the end of the service, in an age of e-mail, reliable landline and ubiquitous mobile phone has become obsolete.
Some end users, the Indian telecom minister Kapil Sibal sent telegrams, begged to continue services.
"Losses were mounting. Keeping it longer, this is not feasible," Akhtar said. "The number of mobile phone users in the explosion, as of April of 867 million users, in particular.
Telecommunications Ministry said it lost $ 2.5 million U.S. dollars in the past seven years, which is to eliminate services.
India's telegraph service began in 1850, when the first telegram was sent from the eastern city of Calcutta Diamond Harbour, near the southern suburb 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the city center.
Over the next few decades, telegraph surge wiring vast subcontinent to become a network known for its speed and reliability.
At its peak in the mid-1980s, the country more than 45,000 Telegraph embellishment, tens of thousands of workers and delivery men telegram sent more than 600,000 telegrams one day. From birth and death announcements, college admissions, employment appointments and court summons, the main way telegram received millions of Indians __ in the most remote regions of the country, in crowded cities __ important news.
Until recently, the government notified by telegram received top awards and civil court notice. Indian army has even admitted telegram from the army soldiers on leave or extended family members, asking them to the funeral home.
It was not immediately known what the government will choose to replace telegraph communication for these types of announcements, but officials said, because a lot of work to do now electronic, government departments may choose to e-mail.
 



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