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very
crowded
area
specially
in
the
evening.
u
can
find
autos
and
rikshaw
easily
from
here.
traffic
police
is
also
available
there
so
if
u
re
not
wearing
helmet
while
riding
a
bike,
u
will
be
caught.
g.p.o
post
office
is
also
present
there.
all
kind
of
markets
are
also
available
there.
basically
g.p.o
connects
u
to
the
most
of
the
famous
roads,
like
harding
park,
station
market
area,
adalat
ganj,
dak
bunglow
and
etc.
thats
it.
Come
to
a
fact
that
The
General
Post
Office,
Patna
(abbreviation
GPO,
commonly
known
as
the
Patna
GPO)
is
a
British
Raj
building
located
in
Patna,
Bihar,
India.
It
is
the
central
post
office
of
the
city
of
Patna
and
the
headquarters
of
India
Post's
Bihar
Circle.
It
is
located
on
the
intersection
of
Buddh
Marg
and
New
Market
Station
Road.
The
post
office
handles
most
of
the
city's
inbound
and
outbound
mails
and
parcels.
As
of
2017,
GPO
Patna
delivers
1
lakh
letters
and
parcels
daily
through
96
postmen.
It
also
has
more
than
12
lakh
savings
accounts.[1]
The
building
was
designed
by
New
Zealand-born
architect
Joseph
Fearis
Munnings.
The
GPO
campus
also
houses
the
office
of
the
Chief
Postmaster
General
for
Bihar
Circle.
The
construction
of
building
started
in
1912
and
was
completed
in
1917.
The
building
was
opened
to
public
in
1917
and
was
then
known
as
Post
and
Telegraph
Office.
The
building
was
part
of
the
New
Patna
that
British
established
in
1912
after
the
division
of
Bihar
and
Orissa
from
Bengal
Presidency.[2]
The
post
office
celebrated
its
centenary
year
in
2017
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