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.
India Shuts Down Telegram Service
![Indian telegraph employees process telegrams on the last day of the service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai, July 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B000C8FF-5762-46D8-A622-4B486D6D7DCA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Indians line up to send telegrams on the last day of the service at a telegraph office in New Delhi, July 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/12D37F7C-2E88-4839-8C52-E791E033EAEE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Telegram senders crowd inside the Central Telegraph Office in Kolkata, India, July 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7187EF3C-7F90-4FB6-A43E-C363B5943116_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Telegram senders crowd inside the Central Telegraph Office in Kolkata, India, July 14, 2013.
![Indians send telegrams on the last day of the service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai, July 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/059DD00F-0474-44B7-88F7-A365BD54DF62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indians send telegrams on the last day of the service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai, July 14, 2013.