Stamps of India – India International Centre – By India Post The India International Center was founded in 1958 by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was dedicated and opened to the public in the year 1962. The India International Center is among the best convention centers in Delhi. This non-profit institution [...]
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First Day Cover – India International Centre – By India Post The India International Center was founded in 1958 by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was dedicated and opened to the public in the year 1962. The India International Center is among the best convention centers in Delhi. This non-profit institution [...]
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First Day Cover – King George Medical College/CSM, Lucknow – By India Post The medical college was formally opened in October 1911, the year when His Majesty King George V and Queen Mary visited India, by the then Lt. Governor of United Provinces – Sir John Prescott Hewett. Every year since 1916, the ‘topper’ of [...]
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Stamps of India – Shyam Narayan Singh – By India Post Shyam Narayan Singh was a courageous freedom fighter and long serving legislator from Bihar. He is also remembered for his association with first President Dr Rajendra Prasad Singh and first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and other leaders of the era. He was targeted [...]
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First Day Cover – Bhai Jagta Ji – By India Post Bhai Jagta Ji was one of the most influential saints of the Sewa Panthi order, a unique humantarian institution which was in many ways a forerunner of the Red Cross Society. The order was started by Bhai Kanhaiya , a devout Sikh in the [...]
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Stamps of India – Bhai Jagta Ji – By India Post Bhai Jagta Ji was one of the most influential saints of the Sewa Panthi order, a unique humantarian institution which was in many ways a forerunner of the Red Cross Society. The order was started by Bhai Kanhaiya , a devout Sikh in the [...]
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First Day Cover – Puran Chandra Gupta – By India Post Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a postage stamp issued in the memory of late Puran Chandra Gupta, the founder of Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran. Gupta had also served as Chairman of Press Trust of India for two years. Promoted by the Gupta family, the [...]
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Stamps of India – Puran Chandra Gupta – By India Post Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a postage stamp issued in the memory of late Puran Chandra Gupta, the founder of Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran. Gupta had also served as Chairman of Press Trust of India for two years. Promoted by the Gupta family, the [...]
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Stamps of India – Madan Mohan Malaviya – By India Post Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861–1946) was an Indian educationist, and freedom fighter notable for his role in the Indian independence movement Later in life, he was also addressed as ‘Mahamana’. He was the President of the Indian National Congress on four occasions .He was founder [...]
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Stamps of India – Srinivasa Ramanujan – By India Post Srinivasa Ramanujan was a mathematician par excellence. He is widely believed to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th Century. Srinivasa Ramanujan made significant contribution to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan was [...]
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Stamps of India – King George Medical College/CSM, Lucknow – By India Post The medical college was formally opened in October 1911, the year when His Majesty King George V and Queen Mary visited India, by the then Lt. Governor of United Provinces – Sir John Prescott Hewett. Every year since 1916, the ‘topper’ of [...]
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First Day Cover – Archaeological Survey Of India – By India Post (Commercially Used with Delivery Postmark on First Day) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the Ministry of Culture, is the premier organization for archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation. The prime concern of the ASI is the [...]
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Stamps of India – Archaeological Survey Of India – By India Post Set of 2 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the Ministry of Culture, is the premier organization for archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation. The prime concern of the ASI is the maintenance of ancient monuments and [...]
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