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==External links== | ==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=== | ===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> | [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> | ||
Revision as of 05:03, 21 December 2009
External links
- Wikipedia
- This India List thread indicates that telegraph communication with England did not commence until 1870.
Individuals
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.
Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke ... in connection with the early history of the telegraph in India by M Adams 1889 Archive.org