World Post Day

world post day 2016

Question: World Post Day is celebrated on-
(a) 8 October
(b) 6 October
(c) 9 October
(d) 10 October
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October across the world.
  • The 2016 Theme is “Innovation, Integration and Inclusion”.
  • The anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern.
  • It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Since then, countries across the world participate annually in the celebrations.
  • The purpose of World Post Day is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in people’s and businesses’ everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries

Reference:
http://www.un.org/en/events/postday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/postday/background.shtml