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India Shuts Down Telegram Service
July 15, 2013 5:13 AM
Thousands of people crowded telegraph offices around India to send the country's last telegrams, as the government shut down the 163-year old service on Sunday.
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Indian telegraph employees process telegrams on the last day of the service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai, July 14, 2013.
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Indians line up to send telegrams on the last day of the service at a telegraph office in New Delhi, July 14, 2013.
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Telegram senders crowd inside the Central Telegraph Office in Kolkata, India, July 14, 2013.
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Indians send telegrams on the last day of the service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai, July 14, 2013.
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