World Post Day: 09 October
- World Post Day is celebrated each year on October 9 globally.
- Theme of 2021 World Post Day is “Innovate to recover.”
- The purpose of World Post Day is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in everyday lives and businesses’ of the people and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries.
- October 9 was chosen as it marks the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which was created in 1874 in Switzerland.
- The first World Post Day was celebrated in 1969.
Points to Remember:
- World Post day is observed on? 9 October
- Theme 2021?
- The Universal Postal Union founded in? 1874
- The headquarters of the UPU is at? Bern in Switzerland