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Special Covers Released on Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society

Karnataka circle of India Post released two special covers on Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society ,Kalaburagi. The covers depicts pictures of Former chief ministers of Karnataka Dharam Singh and  Veerendra Patil. Date of Release:14th March 2020,Kalaburagi

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Mail Van Carried Cover Released from Bhadrak

India Post has released a carried cover on Gandhi and non violence theme on 20th October 2020 from Bhadrak,Odisha. Two pictorial post cards on Gandhiji’s visit to Bhadrak and ERAM Raktatirtha were also released on the same day. The covers were carried by a mail van  from Charampa SO to Spos Bhadrak.

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Special Covers from Karnataka

By Suresh Rao Sri Kottala Basaveshwara Bharatiya Shikshana Samiti,Sedam Sri Kottala Basaveshwara Bharatiya Shikshana Samiti, Sedam was established in 1974 by Sri Poojya Madivalayya Swamiji in Sedam of Kalaburagi. This Samiti led by Sri Basavaraj Patll Sedam has been working from the past four decades and strives to impart quality education to the children identifying […]

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Special Cover Released on Jayamangali Blackbuck Conservation Reserve,Madhugiri

The Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve is located next to Maidenahalli, which is a small village in the Madhugiri Taluk. This reserve is the only notified protected area in the entire district of Tumkur. The area of the reserve is 798 acres with the largest population of blackbucks. Apart from blackbucks, the area consists of Acacia and […]

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India Post Issued Stamps on Musical Instruments of Wandering Minstrels

India Post has released a beautiful thematic set of six stamps on Musical instruments.The stamps are released in setenant format.Each sheet contains 15 setenant stamps of denomination 5 Rs. 1. Kamaicha 2. Ravanahatha 3. Surando 4. Algoza 5. Burrakatha 6. Ektara Date of Release:25th June 2020,Designer;Sankha Samanta,Print Run:500,000 (each stamp),Process;Wet Offset,Printer:Security Printing Press,Hyderabad For Image […]

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Special Cover Released on Mohan Lal Bakliwal

Mohan Lal Bakliwal was a freedom fighter .He was elected for Loksabha in 1957.He was a trade union leader of INTUC and ex chairman of Durg municipality (Chhattisgarh).The government has named an over bridge in Durg on his name last year.

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Remembering Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on His Birth Centenary Year

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920-1975), the founding leader of Bangladesh and the country’s first Prime Minister. He is referred to as Sheikh Mujib or simply Mujib, the title ‘Bangabandhu’ meaning ‘friend of Bengal’. Before joining politics, Rahman studied law and political science in Kolkata and Dhaka, and agitated for Indian independence. In 1949, he joined […]

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Fight with Covid-19:Special Cover Released on Stay Home Stay Safe

Date of Release:26th May 2020,Bhubaneswar

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Premier Institutions of India:Odisha State Archives

The Primary functions of Odisha State Archives are collection, Preservation, management, publication and educational use of records. These functions are performed according to the requirement of the administrative as well as research scholars and also it plays a significant role for promotion of State’s historical research. Promotion of States Historical Research: 232 research scholars were availed […]

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India Post Released Special Cover on Migrants of Mumbai

By Ushnish Dutta India Post, Mumbai paid tribute to the migrant workers by releasing a special cover which is an ode to their immense contribution towards the making of Mumbai. The same was released in the Mumbai GPO premises today by Chief postmaster general of Maharashtra and Goa, Sri Harish Chandra Agrawal and Postmaster General […]