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Mount Everest Expedition 1924

By Dr. Pradeep Jain John Baptist Lucius Noel Post card with his autograph and details about the film 1924 Mount Everest. This expedition was led by Gen C G BRUCE, C.B. It was posted from base camp. John Baptist Lucius Noel was an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the 1924 […]

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Greetings Post Envelopes by India Post (6): Special Art Designs

By Dr. Pradeep Jain The wonderful India Post has been doing their bit by supporting artists with disabilities. The Spastic Society of Northern India provides special education and vocational rehabilitation to children and adults with disabilities. The following paintings were created by them, along with a mention of the age of the artist. The Department […]

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Greeting Post Envelope by India Post (1)

By Dr. Pradeep Jain First greeting card issued under the series with HAPPY DIWALI In the year 2000 India post started an innovative greeting post which comprises of a card with envelope with preprinted postage stamp upon the envelope having same design as of greetings card. It was so attractive because had simulated perforations as […]

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Greetings Post Envelopes by India Post (5): Pongal 

By Dr. Pradeep Jain India is a land of diverse culture, we also know along with the different cultures come numerous festivals spreading across the calendar. Before we’re done celebrating one, another comes right around the corner. Pongal is a four-day-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, which falls in the month of Thai (that is, […]

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Remembering Satyajit Ray on his 99th Birth Anniversary

atyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, graphic artist, lyricist and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into filmmaking  after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir   and viewing  film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during a visit […]

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May Day : Day of Solidarity

International Workers’ Day, also known as Workers’ Day, Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of  labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day   (1 May), an ancient European spring festival. The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist   and […]

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150th Anniversary of Railway in Australian Stamps

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Bakshi Jagbandhu:The Real Hero of Paika Rebellion

Jagabandhu Bidyadhara Mohapatra Bhramarbara Rai popularly known as “Bakshi Jagabandhu or “Paika Bakshi” was the commander (Bakshi) of the forces of the king of Khordha. He is one of the earliest freedom fighters of India. The great Paika Rebellion in 1817 was under his leadership. Jagabandhu Bidyadhara had got the title of Bakshi in inheritance from his ancestors which represents […]

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Medical Philately:Anotomist Portal and Camper

By Dr. Pradeep Jain

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Mahatma Gandhi and Jamshedpur

By Abhyuday Vajpeyi Mahatma Gandhi came to Jamshedpur for the first time in 1917 in order to go from Wardha (Maharashtra) to Champaran (Bihar), in which he stayed only a little during the journey. The second time Gandhiji visited was in 1925, in which he not only addressed the public meeting at the United Club, […]