The first post office was opened in Kandy in 1820,[1][2] under the direction of the Postmaster General of Ceylon, Louis Sansoni.

[3] On 1 July 1857 an overland telegraph line, connecting the Colombo and the Kandy post offices, was opened.

In September a submarine cable, connecting Ceylon with India, was laid between Thanaikai Point and Talamannar, with the line from Kandy to Manaar via Mihintale finished in October.

[9] In June 2017 the United Postal Trade Union went on a three-day strike in order to stop the government's plans to sell the Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, in order for the buildings be converted into hotels.

[10][11] In July 2017 the Kandy City Heritage Committee announced that the post office building would be conserved as a World Bank funded project.