Oorgaum Post office started In 1902 With the growth of the Gold Mines and the resulting demand for labour, people from the North and South Arcot districts of Tamil Nadu and Chittoor, Madhanapalli and Ananthapur districts of Andhra Pradesh, were settled around the various shafts. In course of time these habitations expanded to merge into each other to form the outer reaches of the town of KGF. In the core of the town were the families of British and Indian engineers, geologists and mine supervisors who lived a grand colonial lifestyle complete with golf course, tennis court, club with dance halls and bars, cottages and Bungalows with gardens and quarters for the employees and churches and chapels. . . #oorgaum #postoffice #kgf #kolargoldfields #goldfield #indianhistory #kolargoldfield #historymakesmehappy #bristish #littleengland #england #lost_world_treasures #needtoberebuild #journeyofARK #jointheARK (at Oorgaum Railway Station)