General Post Office (GPO)

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• Constructed in under a decade, The General Post Office building was completed in 1913 and was designed in Indo-Saracenic style by John Begg (who in subsequent years went on to add the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (1915) and the iconic Gateway of India (1924) to his credit). This main Post Office of Mumbai is also the center of 'Poste Restante', where tourists can come (with their passports) to collect their mail. This has proved to be a building of extreme significance for backpackers and budget travelers. The service might not be as quick one would expect, a by-product of government bureaucracy and the sheer volume of mail that passes through understaffed hands.
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