| 词条 | Kandy General Post Office |
| 释义 |
| name = Kandy General Post Office | native_name = {{lang|si|මහනුවර ප්රධාන තැපැල් කාර්යාලය }} {{lang|ta|கண்டி பிரதான அலுவலகம்}} | former_names = Kandy Post Office | alternate_names = | image = Old Kandy Post office, Sri Lanka - panoramio.jpg | alt = | caption = The Kandy Post Office | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | client = Sri Lanka Post | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Station Road, Kandy | address = | location_town = Kandy | location_country = Sri Lanka | coordinates = {{coord|7|17|26|N|80|37|56|E|display=inline, title}} | start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date = 1902 | renovation_date = | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | awards = | url = | references = }} The Kandy General Post Office ({{lang-si|මහනුවර ප්රධාන තැපැල් කාර්යාලය }} - {{lang|ta|கண்டி பிரதான அலுவலகம்}}) is the main post office in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The first post office was opened in Kandy in 1820,[1][2] under the direction of the Postmaster General of Ceylon, Lewis Sansoni. The first mail coach service, between Colombo and Kandy, began operations in 1832.[3] HistoryOn 1 July 1857 an overland telegraph line, connecting the Colombo and the Kandy post offices, was opened. In September a submarine cable, connecting Ceylon with India, was laid between Thanaikai Point and Talamannar, with the line from Kandy to Manaar via Mihintale finished in October.[4] The current post office building, which originally housed the Railway Hotel,[5][6] was constructed in 1867. The site was previously the location of the Bogambra Coffee Mill, operated by John Walker & Sons.[7] In 1902 it was converted for use as the post office,[8] following its acquisition by the government from the hotel's liquidators.[7] Present DayOn 8 July 2005 the post office building was gazetted as an Archeological Protected Monument.[9] In June 2017 the United Postal Trade Union went on a three-day strike in order to stop the government's plans to sell the Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, in order for the buildings be converted into hotels.[10][11] In July 2017 the Kandy City Heritage Committee announced that the post office building would be conserved as a World Bank funded project.[8] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History|first=Nira|last=Wickramasinghe|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2015|page=35|isbn=9780190225797}} {{Kandy landmarks|state=collapsed}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prestigephilately.com/cats.php?auctionnum=158&sortcode=ceypre&lim=40|title=Ceylon Pre-stamp markings|publisher=Prestige Philately|date=|accessdate=5 June 2018}} 3. ^Gaveshaka, "Our Heritage", Colombo, Sunday Times Online, v. 1, No. 36 (Feb. 4 2007). {{ISSN|1391-0531}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Communicating Empire: Gauging Telegraphy's Impact on Ceylon's Nineteenth Century Colonial Government Administration|author=Fletcher, Paul|publisher=University of Heidelberg|date=2012|page=66}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Kandy: a cultural guide to world heritage city|first=Nimal|last=de Silva|publisher=Deveco Designers & Publishers|date=1994|page=}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Kandy, past and present, 1474-1998 A.D.|author1= Karunaratna, Nimal|author2=Madhyama Atika Aramudala|publisher=Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Religious and Cultural Affairs|date=1999|page=272|isbn=9789556131215}} 7. ^1 {{cite book|title=A guide to Kandy, with maps. A handbook of information, useful alike to the visitor and the resident|author=Skeen, George J. A.|publisher=A.M. and J. Ferguson|place=Colombo|date=1903|pages=13-14}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170716/news/world-bank-project-to-preserve-kandy-post-office-building-250556.html|title=World Bank project to preserve Kandy Post Office building|first=L. B.|last=Senaratne|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=16 July 2017 |accessdate=4 June 2018}} 9. ^{{cite journal|title=Gazette|date=8 July 2005|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka|volume=1401}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/06/30/local/120565/postal-strike-ends|title=Postal strike ends|newspaper=The Daily News|first=Upali|last=Karunaratne|date=30 June 2017|accessdate=5 June 2018}} 11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Indefinite-postal-strike-from-midnight-131644.html|title=Indefinite postal strike from midnight |newspaper=Daily Mirror|first=Thilanka|last=Kanakarathna|date=26 June 2017|accessdate=5 June 2018}} 4 : Post office buildings in Sri Lanka|Buildings and structures in Kandy|British colonial architecture in Sri Lanka|Archaeological protected monuments in Kandy District |
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