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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|The central post office of the city of Mumbai, India.}}<br />
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[[File:GPOsaracen.jpg|200px|thumb|'GPO from a distance']]<br />
The '''General Post Office, Mumbai''', is the central post office of the city of [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. The post office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Situated in the vicinity of [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]], the Mumbai General Post Office (GPO) is a paradigm of [[Indo-Saracenic architecture]].<br />
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Mumbai GPO is one of the five Philatelic Bureaus in the country (others being [[Chennai GPO]], [[Kolkata GPO]], Parliament Street, and [[New Delhi GPO]]) that are authorised to sell the [[United Nations]] stamps.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}<br />
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==The building==<br />
The GPO is modelled on the [[Gol Gumbaz]] in [[Bijapur]], [[Karnataka]]. It was designed by [[United Kingdom|British]] architect [[John Begg]], a consultant architect to the British government. Begg designed the structure in 1902, and construction began on 1 September 1904. It was completed on 13 March 1913 at a cost of {{INR}}1,809,000. Black [[basalt]], with a dressing of yellow [[Kurla]] stone and white stones from Dhrangdra are the predominant materials used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/328903/mumbai-gpo-building-turns-100.html|title=Mumbai GPO building turns 100|work= [[Deccan Herald]]|date=28 April 2013|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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The building has an area of 120,000 square feet (11,000 m²) and replaced the current Central Telegraph Office at [[Flora Fountain]] as the new GPO. The chief feature of the architecture of this building is an ethereal central hall which rises up to the great dome.<br />
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==Operations==<br />
[[File:General-Post-Office,-Bombay.jpg|left|thumb|Mumbai GPO]]<br />
As the chief post office of the city, the GPO handles huge volumes of mail and passes them on to other post offices in the city. The GPO has the [[Postal Index Number]] (PIN) 400 001. Due to its proximity to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai's [[central station]], it is ideally situated to dispatch and receive mail to and from other cities in India. It also controls the smaller post offices in Mumbai, issues [[Postage stamp|stamp]]s, and prints new inland letterheads and postcards. It also has a [[philately]] section for enthusiasts.<br />
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==War memorial==<br />
[[File:The plaque inside the General post office, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|right|288px|A marble board]]<br />
A [[war memorial]] plaque commemorating the [[Post Office of India]] employees in the service of the [[British Indian Army]] who died in the [[First World War]] exists in the building.<br />
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==GPO construction plaque==<br />
This plaque indicates the date of completion of the building in 1913. The total cost was {{INR}}1,809,000.<br />
[[File:Inside the General post office, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|right|288px|'Roll of honour display board']]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian Postal Service]]<br />
*[[General Post Office, Old Delhi]]<br />
*[[General Post Office, Kolkata]]<br />
*[[General Post Office, Chennai]]<br />
*[[General Post Office]] in the United Kingdom<br />
*Other [[General Post Office (disambiguation)|General Post Offices]]<br />
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