Consider the following statements: 1. The first telegraph line in India was laid between Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Diamond Harbour. 2. The first Export Processing Zone in India was set up in Kandla. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Both statements are correct. Telegraph services were introduced at Calcutta in 1851, and the very first electric telegraph line in India was the short experimental/official line between Calcutta (then Calcutta) and Diamond Harbour, opened in 1851 (official inauguration noted in late 1851) [1]. Separately, India established Asia’s first Export Processing Zone at Kandla (Gujarat) in 1965, marking the country’s early adoption of the EPZ model to promote exports [2]. Together these sources support that statement (1) about the Calcutta–Diamond Harbour telegraph line and statement (2) about Kandla EPZ are both correct.

Sources

1. [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Trade > Telegraph and Telephone Service > p. 44
2. [2] https://sezindia.gov.in/introduction