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Mail stops, popularly called "Dak bungalows" served as mail delivery and pickup points
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In the early days of the Raj, mail was transported by relays of people who either traveled on foot or on animals like horses. Later, bicycles were also used by the postmen to deliver mail. Dak bungalows were places where the postmen and - more importantly - their horses took a break. The first Dak (mail in Urdu/Hindi) bungalows were built by the British East India company. Dunga Gali, outside Murree, was settled by the British in the 1860s when this bungalow was built. Mail to Peshawar and Abbottabad from Murree passed through here, as Murree was initially a sanitarium for soldiers based in Peshawar. |
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