09-October: World Post Office Day

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October.World Post Day is a global observance and not a public holiday.
This date is the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union(UPU), which started in 1874 in Switzerland.
It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.
World Post Day has been celebrated all over the world  to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.

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