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Indian Stamp On Immanuel Sekaranar :An Unsolved Mystery Of Release

At last India Post has posted the list of stamps issued during the year 2010 on its official site. Conspicious by its absence is the controversial stamp of  Immanuel Sekaranar There are two dates of release of this stamp. Mumbai, Chennai Pune,Allahabad etc released  this stamp on 09.10.2010 whereas New Delhi released it on 31.12.10. […]

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India Post Released New Stamp on Corps of Signals

India Post today released a commemorative stamp on Corps of Signals. The Corps of Signals was raised on 15 Feb 1911 and will be celebrating its centenary on 15 Feb 2011. The journey of hundred years has been a saga of rich heritage, technological excellence, modernisation, brotherhood and pure soldiering.Signals are essentially the NERVES of the […]

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India Post released a commemorative stamp on Chaudhary Ranbir Singh

Chaudhary Ranbir Singh (26 November 1914-1 Febrauary 2009) a freedom fighter was born on November 26, 1914. He had been the president of Freedom fighters association of india. He has served the nation a lot during the freedom struggle. He was elected twice to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. He also remained a […]

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India Post Released New Stamp and Miniature Sheet on Krishnadeva Raya

India Post today released a stamp and miniature sheet on Krishanadeyaraya.Krishnadevaraya who ruler the kingdom of Vijayanagara in between 1509-1529 was one of the greatest statesmen which medieval South India had produced. Called variously as ‘Kannadaraya’, ‘Sri Karnata Mahisa’ and ‘Kannada Rajya Ramaramana’, his rule saw all round prosperity of South India, culturally and materialistically. […]

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Children’s Day Stamps of India

India started releasing commemorative stamps on Children’s day from 1957. In the year 1957 itself  3 stamps were released on 14th November to commemorate the day. Photographs of children or paintings made by children are the main themes of these stamps. In 1964 Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru’s photograph was printed on children’s day stamp. Over the years some miniature sheets have […]