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The first post office in India was established in

  1. Kolkata

  2. Mumbai

  3. Delhi

  4. Chennai
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The first post office of the East India Company was established in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1727. It became the central hub for the postal system in British India. The General Post Office (GPO) building in Kolkata stands as a historic landmark. Other major cities like Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, and Chennai (Madras) developed their own postal services later under the expanding British administration.

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