The document outlines key milestones in the development of human and electronic communications, starting with the use of drum beats in 1565 to communicate messages during King Akbar's reign. It highlights significant inventions like the telegraph in 1835, the telephone in 1876, and the introduction of the internet in 1968 through ARPANET. The summary concludes with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, marking a major advancement in accessible information technology.

1. Some Major Milestones in Human and
Electron Communications
Year
Event
Remark
Around
The reporting of the delivery
It is believed that minister Birbal
1565
of a child by queen using
experimented with the arrangement to
A. D.
drum beats from a distant
decide the number of drummers posted
place of king Akbar.
between the place where the queen
stayed and the place where the king
stayed.
1835
Invention of telegraph by
It resulted in tremendous growth of
Samuel F.B. Morse and Sir
messages through post offices and
Charles Wheatstone
reduced physical travel of messengers
considerably
1876
communication in the history of
Antonio Meucci
mankind.
Jagdis Chandra Bose and
It meant a giant leap – from an era of
Guglielmo Marconi
communication using wires to
demonstrated wireless
communicating without using wires.
telegraphy
1936
Perhaps the most widely used means of
Alexander Graham Bell and
1895
Telephone invented by
(wireless).
Television broadcast (John
First television broadcast by BBC
Logi Baird)
1955
First radio FAX transmitted
The idea of FAX transmission was
across continent. (Alexander
patented by Alexander Bain in 1843.
Bain)
1968
ARPANET – the first internet
ARPANET was a project undertaken by
came into existence (J. C. R.
the U.S. defence department. It allowed
Licklider)
file transfer from one computer to
another connected to the network.
1975
Fibre optics developed at Bell
Fiber optical systems are superior and
Laboratories
more economical compared to
traditional communication systems.
1989-
Tim Berners-Lee invented the
WWW may be regarded as the mammoth
91
World Wide Web
encyclopedia of knowledge accessible to
everyone round the clock throughout
the year.

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