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This is popularly
known in abbreviated form as
G.P.O. This is the largest post office in Calcutta. In the days of
yore, the old fort of the British, stood where the
G.P.O. stands to-day. On the eastern staircase of the G.P.O., an inscription is visible even to this
day which reads "The lines in the adjacent steps and pavement, mark the position and extent of part of the South East bastion of old Fort William. The extreme South-East point being 95 feet from this
wall".
The first spectacle which catches sight about this house is the dome
with a clock. There are beautiful pillars in the front. Wide staircase leads to the building from the pavements on the eastern and southern
sides. The building was designed by the architect of the then Govt. of India, Mr. Walter Granville. The total cost for this project was RS. 6,50,000. The function of the Post Office started in 1864. A second opinion suggests the date as 1868.
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