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Archaeological Survey of India

Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India is a department of the Government of India, attached to the Ministry of Culture. The ASI is responsible for archaeological studies and the preservation of archaeological heritage of the country in accordance with the various acts of the Indian Parliament. According to its website, the ASI’s function is to “explore, [...]

Rastrapati Bhavan

India Post issued a Set of four Stamps and a Miniature sheet featuring Rashtrapati Bhavan of India. The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India,located at Raisina hill in New Delhi,India. Until 1950 it was known as “Viceroy’s House” and served as the residence of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India. [...]

2nd Africa-India Forum Summit

India Post issued a set of 2 stamp on to commemorate 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit. The stamps depict the African and Asian Elephants. The second India-Africa summit was aimed at consolidating trade ties between the two regions, which together account for a third of the world’s population. The two sides signed a cooperation framework to [...]

150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

India post issued a set of stamps on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was an icon of Indian culture. He was a poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist.He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. Two songs from his Rabindrasangit canon are now [...]

Chitralekha – Gujarati News Weekly

Chitralekha is a Gujarati weekly magazine. Chitralekha is published by Chitralekha group from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Chitralekha weekly’s first issue was published in 1950 by Chitralekha group, under the editorship of Vaju Kotak. It had given rise to many prominent Gujarati Columnist and writes in its long life span some of them are Kanti Bhatt, [...]

Legendary Heroines of India

India Post issued a set of 6 stamps and a Miniature Sheet to honor the Legendary heroines of Indian cinema. Devika Rani The first lady of Hindi cinema, Devika Rani was the star and late manager of Bombay Talkies. Grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore, Devika Rani was one of the greatest actresses of the black [...]


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