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href="/wiki/India_Post" title="India Post">India Post</a>. On 15 August 2022, the PIN system celebrated its 50th anniversary. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#PIN_structure"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">PIN structure</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Postal_zones"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Postal zones</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Sorting_district"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sorting district</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Service_route"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Service route</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Delivery_office"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Delivery office</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Dakshin_Gangotri"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Dakshin Gangotri</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Delivery_system"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Delivery system</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shriram_Bhikaji_Velankar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shriram Bhikaji Velankar (page does not exist)">Shriram Bhikaji Velankar</a>, an additional secretary in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India's</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Ministry of Communications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-India_1974_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India_1974-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mails_section_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mails_section-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system was introduced to simplify the manual sorting and delivery of mail by eliminating confusion over incorrect addresses, similar place names, and different languages used by the public.<sup id="cite_ref-tamilnadupost.nic.in_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tamilnadupost.nic.in-5"><span 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<a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>. <b>4</b> indicates the <i>West postal zone</i>, <b>5</b> indicates <i>a postal sub-zone in Madhya Pradesh</i>, <b>6</b> indicates the <i>Ujjain sorting district</i>, <b>0</b> indicates the <i>Ujjain core area service route</i>, <b>01</b> indicates the <i>Ujjain Head Office</i> as the delivery office.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first digit of a PIN indicates the zone, the second indicates the sub-zone, and the third, combined with the first two, indicates the sorting district within that zone. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices within the sorting district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postal_zones">Postal zones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Postal zones" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>There are nine postal zones in India, including eight regional zones and one functional zone (for the Indian Army). 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center;">2 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">State of Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">State of Uttar Pradesh</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">3 </td> <td rowspan="2">West </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">State of Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">State of Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">4 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">State of Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">State of Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">State of Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">State of Maharashtra</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">5 </td> <td rowspan="2">South </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">State of Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">State of Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">State of Telangana</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">6 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">State of Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">State of Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Union Territory of Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Union Territory of Lakshadweep</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">7 </td> <td rowspan="2">East </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">State of Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">State of Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">State of Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">State of Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">State of Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">State of Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">State of Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">State of Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">State of Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">State of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">8 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">State of Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">State of Jharkhand</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">9 </td> <td>APS </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Postal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Postal Service">Army Postal Service</a> (APS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_post_office" title="Field post office">Field Post Office</a> (FPO)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sorting_district">Sorting district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sorting district" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_digit_postcode_india.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2_digit_postcode_india.png/220px-2_digit_postcode_india.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="885"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 220px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2_digit_postcode_india.png/220px-2_digit_postcode_india.png" data-width="220" data-height="220" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2_digit_postcode_india.png/330px-2_digit_postcode_india.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2_digit_postcode_india.png/440px-2_digit_postcode_india.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>2-digit postcode areas in India (defined through the first two PIN digits)</figcaption></figure> <p>The third digit of a PIN, combined with the first two digits, represents a specific geographical region (except in the case of the functional zone for the Army) called a sorting district that is headquartered at the main post office of the largest city in the region and is known as the <a href="/wiki/Sorting_office" title="Sorting office">sorting office</a>. A state may have one or more sorting districts depending on the volume of mail handled. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>PIN prefix </th> <th>Postal abbreviation </th> <th>Region </th></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>DL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12–13 </td> <td>HR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14–15 </td> <td>PB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>CH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>HP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18–19 </td> <td>JK, LA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20–28 </td> <td>UP, UT </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30–34 </td> <td>RJ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>36–39 (except 396) </td> <td>GJ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>396 </td> <td>DD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>40–44 (except 403) </td> <td>MH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>403 </td> <td>GA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>45–48 </td> <td>MP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td>CG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td>TG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>51–53 </td> <td>AP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>56–59 </td> <td>KA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>60–66 </td> <td>TN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>605 </td> <td>PY </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>67–69 (except 682) </td> <td>KL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>682 </td> <td>LD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>70–74 (except 737 & 744) </td> <td>WB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>737 </td> <td>SK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>744 </td> <td>AN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>75–77 </td> <td>OD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>78 </td> <td>AS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>790–792 </td> <td>AR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>793–794 </td> <td>ML </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>795 </td> <td>MN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>796 </td> <td>MZ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>797–798 </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>799 </td> <td>TR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>80–85 </td> <td>BR, JH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>90–99 </td> <td>APS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Postal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Postal Service">Army Postal Service</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_route">Service route</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Service route" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The fourth digit represents the route on which a delivery office is located in the sorting district.<sup id="cite_ref-tamilnadupost.nic.in_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tamilnadupost.nic.in-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is "0" for offices in the core area of the sorting district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delivery_office">Delivery office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Delivery office" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG/220px-Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG/220px-Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG/330px-Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG/440px-Somnathpur_pictorial_cancellation.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A post box with its PIN marked on it</figcaption></figure> <p>The last two digits represent the delivery office within the sorting district starting from "01" which would be the General Post Office (GPO) or head office (HO). The numbering of the delivery office is done chronologically with higher numbers assigned to newer delivery offices. If the volume of mail handled at a delivery office is too large, a new delivery office is created and the next available PIN is assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, two delivery offices situated next to each other will only have the first four digits in common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dakshin_Gangotri">Dakshin Gangotri</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dakshin Gangotri" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The pin code of Dakshin Gangotri in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> is 403001, which is of the pin code of <a href="/wiki/Panaji" title="Panaji">Panaji</a>, Goa.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Delivery_system">Delivery system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Delivery system" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Each PIN is mapped to exactly one delivery post office which receives all the mail to be delivered to one or lower offices within its jurisdiction, all of which share the same code. The delivery office can either be a General Post Office (GPO), a head office (HO), or a sub-office (SO) which are usually located in urban areas. The post from the delivery office is sorted and routed to other delivery offices for a different PIN or to one of the relevant sub-offices or branch offices for the same PIN. Branch offices (BOs) are located in rural areas and have limited postal services.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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incorrectly written as "Pin code", "Pincode", "PINcode", or "pincode".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_Index_Number&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-India_1974-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E_%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A5_%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E" title="ᱯᱚᱥᱴᱟᱞ ᱤᱱᱰᱮᱠᱥ ᱮᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱚᱥᱴᱟᱞ ᱤᱱᱰᱮᱠᱥ ᱮᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Postal Index Number" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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اشاریہ رمز – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ڈاک اشاریہ رمز" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 19 October 2024, at 17:46<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Content is available under <a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> unless otherwise noted.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places" class="footer-places hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a 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