Alexander Graham Bell, Telephone and India
My Dear Young and Little Indians, In today's times we all use phones. It has become a necessity. Let us look back in history and experience the evolution of telephones in India. 145 years back on this day (10 March 1876) Alexander Graham Bell talked to his assistant Thomas Watson over his new invention –the telephone. He had said- "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." And these words were etched in the history of mankind. Graham Bell’s mother and wife were deaf. This influenced Graham Bell's life and work. Although he invented the telephone, he never kept a phone in his office because he felt it was a disturbance !! 1876- March 10 – Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. 1877 - Alexander Graham Bell founded a telephone company called – Bell Telephone Company . This company became American Telephone and Telegraph Company and was later called AT&T Corporation. 1915 January 25- The first transcontinental call was made by Graham Bell once a