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| 1962, Indian Rhinoceros, Wildlife Week |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 01/10/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0460 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | INDIAN RHINOCEROS |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Multicolour |
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| 1962, Malaria Eradication India |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 07/04/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0454 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | MALARIA ERADICATION PROGRAMME |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Multicolour |
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| 1962, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi (1890-1931 ) Journalist |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 25/03/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0453 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | GANESH SHANKAR VIDYARTHI (PATRIOT) |
| Philatelic Stamp Description | : | INDIAN POSTS & TELEGRAPHS Designed and printed at THE PHOTOLITHO WING, GOVT. OF INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI-1. Designed by: Staff artists of the India Security Press. |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Stamp Overall Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 |
| Postal Stamp Print Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet | : | 42 |
| Stamp Perforations | : | 13,1/2 x 1 |
| Postal Stamp Shape | : | Vertical |
| Postage Stamp Paper | : | Watermark All over multiple 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' |
| Indian Stamp Process | : | Photogravure. |
| Number of stamps printed | : | 2.5 million |
| Stamp Printed At | : | India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Brown Madder |
| Stamp Information | : | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born in 1890 and met his death in 1931, while trying to pacify a riotous mob. His short life was one constant struggle against oppression and inhumanity. He described himself in these words "I am a fighter against oppression and injustice, whether practiced by bureaucracy, zamindars, capitalists or high caste. I have fought all my life against oppression an inhumanity and may God give me strength to fight on till the last.". Ganesh Shankar was born at Allahabad and his father Shri Jai Narain was a teacher in a middle school in Madhya Pradesh. He was poor but deeply religious and dedicated to high ideals. It was under him that Ganesh Shankar received his early schooling and passed the High School examination privately in 1907. He could not study further due to poverty and became a clerk in the currency office and later a teacher in high school in Kanpur. His real interest, however, was in journalism and public life and he came early under the influence of the nationalist upsurge, which was taking place in the country. He became an agent of the well-known revolutionary Hindi and Urdu journals - Karamyogi and Swarjya and also began to contribute to them. He adopted the penname 'Vidyarthi' - the seeker of knowledge. He attracted the notice of Pt. Mahabir Prasad Dwiwedi, the doyen of Hindi journalism who offered him the job of a sub - editor in his famous literary monthly, "The Saraswati", in 1911. Ganesh Shankar, however, was more interested i current affairs and politics and therefore joined the Hindi weakly "Abhyudaya" a political journal of the time. he thus served his apprenticeship under two of the greatest figures in Hindi literature and journalism. In 1913 Ganesh Shankar came back to Kanpur and launched his career of a crusading journalist and freedom fighter, which was only to end with his death 18 years later. He founded PRATAP, his famous revolutionary weakly, which identified itself with the cause of the oppressed wherever they might be. It was through this paper that he waged his famous fights for the oppressed peasants of Rae Bareli, the workers of the Kanpur mills and the downtrodden people of Indian States. During the course of these fights he had to face numerous prosecutions, pay heavy fines and suffer five prison sentences. He first met Gandhiji in 1916 in Lucknow and threw himself whole-heartedly in the national movement. He took a leading part in the Home Rule Movement of 1917-18 and led the first strike of textile workers in Kanpur. In 1920 he launched the daily edition of PRATAP and it was in this year that he was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment for championing the cause of peasants of Rae Bareli. He was released in 1922 and almost immediately sent to jail again, for delivering a "seditious" speech as the President of the Provincial Political Conference at Fatehgarh. He was released in 1924, greatly shattered in health, but he knew no respite and immediately launched himself in the preparation for the Congress Session at Kanpur in 1925. In 1925, when the Congress decided to contest elections of Provincial Legislative Councils and organised the Swaraj Party, Ganesh Shankar won a resounding victory on its behalf, from Kanpur and served as a Member of the U.P. Legislative Council till 1929 when he resigned at the behest of the Congress. In 1929 he was elected the President of the U.P. Congress Committee and was appointed the first 'dictator' to lead the Satyagrah movement in U.P. in 1930, and was arrested and sent to jail again. He was released on March 9, 1931 under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. While he was about to proceed to Karachi to attend the Congress Session, Kanpur fell into an orgy of communal rioting, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi threw himself in the midst of furious mobs and saved the life of thousands of innocent persons belonging to both the Hindu and Muslim communities. It was on this mission of mercy that he was butchered to death by a maddened mob. Mahatma Gandhi paid him the following tribute in the pages of 'Young India'. "The death of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was one to be envied by us all. His blood is the cement that will ultimately bind the two communities. No pact will bind our hearts. But heroism such as Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi showed is bound in the end to melt the stoniest hearts, melt them into one. The poison has however gone so deep that the blood even of a man so great, so self-sacrificing and so utterly brave as Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi may today not be enough to wash us of it. Let this noble example stimulate us all to similar effort should the occasion arise again." Almost 17 years later, Gandhiji himself offered the supreme sacrifice, for the same noble cause for which Vidyarthi had died. THE POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS DEPARTMENT JOINS THE COUNTRY IN PAYING THE TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY BY ISSUING A SPECIAL 15 nP POSTAGE STAMP ON MARCH 25, 1962. |
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| 1962, Bombay high court India 15nP |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 14/08/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0458 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | BOMBAY HIGH COURT |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet | : | 12 |
| Stamp Perforations | : | 14 x 14 |
| Postal Stamp Shape | : | Horizontal |
| Postage Stamp Paper | : | Watermark All over multiple 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' |
| Indian Stamp Process | : | Photogravure |
| Stamp Printed At | : | India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Blue Grey |
| Stamp Information | : | The High Court at Bombay was established on August 14, 1862 under Letter-Patent issued on July 26, 1862. In this case also both Original and Appellate jurisdiction were vested in it. In 1948, its original civil jurisdiction was reduced by the establishment of the Bombay City Civil Court and its Original Criminal jurisdiction was taken away by the setting up of the City Services Court, Greater Bombay. Re-organisation of States in 1956 enlarged the territory under its Appellate jurisdiction. As a result, separate Benches of the High Court were constituted at Nagpur and Rajkot; but the latter was abolished on the bifurcation of State of Bombay, in 1960, into the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The building of the High Court, standing in the Fort area, were commenced on April 1, 1871 and completed in November 1878. During the century of its existence, the High Court at Bombay has been a repository of justice and the guardian of the rights and liberties of the people. |
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| 1962, INDIA HIGH COURT OF MADRAS 15nP |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 06/08/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0457 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | MADRAS HIGH COURT |
| THESE THREE STAMPS ARE ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF HIGH COURTS IN CALCUTTA, MADRAS AND BOMBAY. THESE WERE ISSUED ON THE RESPECTIVE DATE ON WHICH TEY WERE ESTABLISHED HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THE STAMPS FEATURE THE VIEW OF THE RESPECTIVE HIGH COURTS BUILDINGS. |
| Stamp Information | : | The high Court of Judicature at Madras was established on August 15, 1862 under Letters-Patent issued on June 26, 1862. The High Court is the highest Court of Civil and Criminal jurisdiction exercising Original and Appellate sides, the former being confined to the city of Madras. On the formation of the Andhra state in 1953, and the coming of State re-organisation act, 1959, the number of districts under the jurisdiction of the High Court was reduced. In 1955, the Original Civil jurisdiction of the High Court was curtailed and the Original Criminal jurisdiction was abolished. The present buildings of the High Court standing on the First line beach were occupied on July 12, 1892. The seal of the High Court bears the device and impression of the Asoka Capital with the 'gopuram', a common feature of temples in the South, in its background in a circle. Below it appear the words '???????? o??????'. |
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| 1962, Madame Bhikaiji Cama India 15nP First Day Cover |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 26/01/1962 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0450 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | BHIKAIJI CAMA |
| Philatelic Stamp Description | : | INDIAN POSTS & TELEGRAPHS Designed and produced by the Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of I. & B., Govt. of India, for the Posts & Telegraphs Department and printed by Asia Press Delhi.-6 4-12-61-P. III English 7,500 Jan, 1962. Designed by: Staff artist of the India Security Press |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Stamp Overall Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 |
| Postal Stamp Print Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet | : | 42 |
| Stamp Perforations | : | 13,1/2 x 1 |
| Postal Stamp Shape | : | Vertical |
| Postage Stamp Paper | : | Watermark All over multiple 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' |
| Indian Stamp Process | : | Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed | : | 2.5 millio |
| Stamp Printed At | : | India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Red Purple |
| Stamp Information | : | On republic day 1962, the Posts and Telegraphs Department is issuing a special postage stamp in honour of the late Madame Bhikaiji Cama. She was born on September 24, 1861.her father was Framji Sorabji Patel, a businessman of Bombay. She studied at the Alexandera Parsee Girl's school in Bombay and was married to Shri K. R. Cama, a leading solicitor. From an early age she took keen interest in social and political work. In 1902, because of falling health, she left India for Europe, spending a year each in Germany, Scotland and France before settling down in London. She came in contact with many Indian revolutionaries and also met Shri Dadabhoy Naoroji. She worked for the letters election to the British Parliament and from him she imbibed the idea of Swadeshi. Her revolutionary speeches in the cause of India brought the wrath of authorities. She started her own paper, the Bande Mataram. On August 18, 1907, Madame Cama addressed the international Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany. She gave an inspiring speech about the plight of her country. At the end of her speech she unfurled a Tri-colour flag in green, yellow and red with the words 'Bande Mataram' written on it, which she called the Indian national flag. Later she left for America where she sought help for the political emancipation in India. In a speech in America, she declared, "We are peaceful, we do not want a bloody revolution, but we do want to teach the people their rights and through off despotism." She continued her campaign in Europe, making speeches and producing leaflets to be sent to India. In a message to the youth of the country, she said: " March toward, friends, and lead the helpless, dying, down - trodden children of motherland to the goal of swaraj in its right sense. Let our motto be: 'We are all for India and for the Indian'." She believed in the principle of non- cooperation and exhorted Indians not to accept any office, however high, under the British government. She also preached the gospel of unity. "Relations between countrymen", she declared, "should be firm and resolute without bringing in the question of religion." The authorities looked upon her as a dangerous revolutionary and her movements were closely followed. She found it safer to move to Paris in 1909. Despite the vigilance of the British Government, she managed to reach her leaflets and parcels to India. During the First World War, she was under surveillance and was interned. After the war, she had to remain in exile and was allowed to return to India only when her health was completely broken down in 1935. She died in Bombay on August 30, 1936. The birth centenary of Madame Cama was celebrated a few months ago. The stamp now being issued bears a portrait of the great woman leader who dedicated her life to the cause of Indian freedom. The posts and Telegraphs Department feels pride in paying tribute to a person who made such valuable contribution to the cause of Indian-Independence whose ideals she summed up in her famous words: "India must be free; India must be a republic; India must be united." |
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| 1963, Annie Besant ( Patriot & Theosophist ) |
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 01/10/1963 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.15 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0471 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | MRS ANNIE BESANT |
| Philatelic Stamp Description | : | Designed and produced by the Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of I. & B., Govt. of India, for the D.G.P.& T. and printed by the General Manager, Govt. of India Press, New Delhi. |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Stamp Overall Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 |
| Postal Stamp Print Size | : | 3.3 x 2.9 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet | : | 42 |
| Stamp Perforations | : | 13,1/2 x 1 |
| Postal Stamp Shape | : | Horizontal |
| Postage Stamp Paper | : | Watermark All over multiple 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' |
| Indian Stamp Process | : | Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed | : | 2.5 millio |
| Stamp Printed At | : | India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Blue Green |
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| Stamp Information | : | DR. ANNIE BESANT As one look back to the decades of India's long struggle for freedom, few names stand out with greater glory of distinction than Dr. Annie Besant's. For forty years, from 1893 when she first landed in India until the moment of her death in 1933, she laboured for India's advancement in every sphere of activity - educational, social, religious and political - with single minded devotion and rare dedication. She was gifted with a prodigious intellect, tremendous organisational capacity, a courage of conviction which defied every penalty and obstacle, and a warm and generous heart. All these were placed without stint or hesitation at India's disposal. For the first twenty years of her life in India, from 1893 to the commencement of the First World War, Mrs. Besant devoted all her energies and resources to the building up of the Central Hindu College at Varanasi, which later became the foundation on which Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya reared the Varanasi Hindu University. In collaboration with the distinguished Indian Philosopher, Dr. Bhagvan Das, she translated the Bhagvad Gita into English, so as to make this priceless treasure accessible to millions who did not know Sanskrit. During this part of her Indian career, Mrs. Besant did her best to revive respect for the ancient teachings of Hinduism and the other great faith, which have their votaries in this country. Mrs. Besant was not content with merely proclaimed the goal of home rule for India as a unit in British Commonwealth. At the end of the first world war, she declared in London before a Parliamentarian Committee that India could not accept for all time a Constitution rammed for her by the British Government in London. She proceeded, with the warm support of men like Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Rt. Hon'ble V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, to have a Constitution for India as a full-fledged Dominion prepared through a National Convention. The measure, described later as "The Commonwealth of India Bill", was supported by several leading Indian statesmen. Though the Commonwealth of India Bill made no Furth progress, the seed thus sown was destined to bear fruit at a later stage. India's Constitution assembly, which was brought into being at the end of second world war in 1946, perhaps owned its original impulse in some measure to the joint efforts initiated a quarter of a century earlier by Mrs. Besant and Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. Though Mrs. Besant passed away nearly three decades ago, her spirit still presides over many of India's institutions. The ideals which she preached during her life-time are now materialising in the world of practical realities. Looking back over the long period of preparation for freedom and its final achievement, one can only marked at the incredible record of Mrs. Besant's services to India spread over a period of forty years. The Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department has great pleasure in bringing out a special stamp to honour this great lady. |
