electron drift speed is estimated to be only few mm/s for currents in range of few amperes.How then is current established almost the instant a circuit is closed?

Since current is defined as the rate of flow of charge so there are many electrons in the circuit ,that's why there flows current in whole circuit.

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current is due to motion of electrons.. but the electron motion is due to electric field applied ..since electric field travels with the speed of light therefore the current is established almost the instant a circuit is closed.
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