Indo European Telegraph Dept

Sectors:

  • Telecommunication & postal services Telecommunication services

Notes:

Established in 1860s to construct overland telegraph system in Persia to create telegraph communication between India with London. A department of the British India government with headquarters in London. Line completed 1865 when first telegraph service began between India and Calcutta. Department closed 1931 when interests acquired by Imperial & International Communications Ltd later subsumed into Cable & Wireless Ltd

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