General Post Office: Connecting Central India to world since 1916
Published on: Oct. 9, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Hitavada
it was in the year 1916, amid the grandeur of the british raj, that the general post office (gpo), a majestic symbol of imperial architecture and civic utility, rose from the soil of nagpur and connected the world with central india through postal services. it cost around rs 5 lakh at the time to construct this complex spreaded in 11-acre land. the purpose was to serve as the nerve centre of postal communication across the central india as nagpur was the capital of the then central provinces and berar state
