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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_India Wikipedia]
* This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261337069 thread] indicates that telegraph communication with England did not commence until 1870.
===Individuals===
[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] - laid the first telegraph system in Asia in addition to his work as a doctor who discovered a modern treatment for cholera, and introduced cannabis to Western medicine.<br>