Telegram, over and out

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jul 12, 2013 03:45 pm IST

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Photo of the Central Telegraph Office in New Delhi. The last telegram will be posted on July 15, 2013 as India is all set to disband telegram services after having been around for over 160 years. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Jul 12, 2013 03:45 pm IST

Photo of the Central Telegraph Office in New Delhi. The last telegram will be posted on July 15, 2013 as India is all set to disband telegram services after having been around for over 160 years. (AFP Photo)

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As telegram services come to an end after 160 years of getting people closer, here is a last look of sorts of the telegraphic equipment. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 12, 2013 03:45 pm IST

As telegram services come to an end after 160 years of getting people closer, here is a last look of sorts of the telegraphic equipment. (AP Photo)

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Telegrams being dispatched in Mumbai. BSNL has decided to discontinue the 160-year-old telegram service from July 15, 2013. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 12, 2013 03:45 pm IST

Telegrams being dispatched in Mumbai. BSNL has decided to discontinue the 160-year-old telegram service from July 15, 2013. (AP Photo)

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A telegraph officer checks a telegram message at the Kashmere Gate telegraph office in New Delhi. (AP Photo)

Updated on Jul 12, 2013 03:45 pm IST

A telegraph officer checks a telegram message at the Kashmere Gate telegraph office in New Delhi. (AP Photo)

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