Honouring
Frontline Heroes
Date of Issue : 16 February 2021
Dehradun March 2021 Vol. XIV
Issue No. 159
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Dear
Reader,
I
am pleased to present March 2021 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. The year 2020 has
been very unfortunate for all with COVID 19 pandemic and it is still continued
with new strain roaming around us. Due to the present situation of pandemic prevailing in different parts of the world, it seems difficult to hold physical philatelic exhibitions for the organizers.
Though two physical international exhibitions have been announced to be held in
South Africa and Japan this year. Philatelists are just waiting whether it will
be possible for the organizers to hold these shows physically. However, in India,
circle level virtual stamp exhibitions and a national level exhibition with
international participation have been organized successfully. Philatelic
Federation of South Africa has also announced one frame virtual exhibition with
international participation. This is a good step to promote the hobby at this
time of the pandemic. The best part of a virtual exhibition is that it gives a chance
to a large number of philatelists to view the exhibits. On the other hand, even if the physical philatelic exhibition is organized at this time only a few philatelists would be able to visit…or view the exhibits. So can’t we do
something between the virtual and physical shows. I mean physical show along with the online show. The exhibits on display could also be made available to view online;
this will prevent the display of virtual exhibits which do not exist
physically. Moreover, if conditions do not permit to hold a physical exhibition
and the only option is there for the virtual show, then the organizers must
appoint a team of experts ( Which is not necessary to be a philatelist, he or she can be any authorized person) who can certify that the exhibit is genuine and
the same exhibit has been uploaded in virtual exhibition. Because in the
recent online philatelic exhibitions some exhibitors displayed virtual exhibits
prepared from the images taken from the Internet. It was not fair for all in the
competition where 70 % of exhibits were genuine. This is just a topic for
discussion and analysis …..Let’s see what happens in the future and how things come
out……
This is all for this month. More in the next
issue…
Wishing you all a very happy and colorful Holi ! Happy Collecting !
Contents
§ From
the Desk of Naresh Agrawal
§ Recent
Indian Issues
§
In The News
§ Thematic Watch
§ Beginners’
Section
§ Specialized
Section
§ Philatelic
Tributes to First-line Warriors –COVID-19 Pandemic
§ New
Issues from Other Countries
§ Philatelic
Clubs and Society
§ Blogs
& Websites on Philately
§ Current Philatelic Magazines & Newsletters
HONOURING POSTMAN
-Naresh Agrawal : email - nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in
Recent Indian
Issues
23
January 2021 : 125th Birth Anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose – Rs
25
25
January 2021 50 Years of full Statehood of Himachal Pradesh – Rs 5
New Special Covers
28 Feb 2021 : Honey and Bee
Wax Collection in Sundarban : Kolkata
22 Feb 2021 :
35th All India Postal Badminton Tournament, 2020-21: Dharamshala
(HP)
22 Feb 2021 : Road Safety : Sambalpur
18 Feb 2021 : 110 Years of Air Mail
Allahabad to Naini : Allahabad Fort
15 Feb 2021 : 35th All India Postal Chess Tournament : Bhubaneshwar
12 Feb 2021 : Gandhi Smriti Vahan :
Allahabad
13 Feb 2021 : Gender Park complex :
Marikkunnu
8 Feb 2021 : Silver Jubilee of
Vidyashilp Academy : Yelahanka
4 Feb 2021 : Centenary celebrations of
Chauri Chaura : Chauri Chaura
In The
News
In an attempt to appreciate their efforts and
encourage them, postal department’s Mumbai region decides to name postmen or
postwomen as ‘Smartest’ every month.
Postmaster General Swati Pandey (centre) with
the four Smartest Postman awardees
Why the award?
Forthcoming International Philatelic Exhibitions
updates
CAPE
TOWN 2021 Philatelic Exhibition
Mr. Shakil Ahmed is Indian National Commissioner for the Cape Town 2021, FIP Specialized World Stamp Exhibition to be held at Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 13 November, 2021.
Exhibition Classes:
Traditional, Postal History, Aerophilately, Postal Stationery, Revenue,
Thematic, Open, Modern Philately, One Frame, Philatelic Literature and Picture
Postcards only)
Shakil Ahmed : Email: ahmedshakil99@gmail.com : (M)
+91-9437225760 / +91-7008025663
PHlLANIPPON 2021 Update
Mr. Surendra Kotadia is Indian National Commissioner for the PHILANIPPON 2021, FIP World Stamp Championship Exhibition to be held in Japan from 25th to 30th August 2021.
Philanippon 2021 will have the following competitive classes:
Championship Class, Traditional, Postal History, Postal Stationery,
Aerophilately, Thematic, Modern, Open, Youth, One Frame, Literature.
Surendra
Kotadia : Email: surendrakotadia@gmail.com : Mob : + 91 98199 03789
CAPEX 22, Toronto
June 9-12, 2022 : Toronto
CAPEX 22 is
an international one frame stamp and philatelic literature exhibition organized
by the Canadian Association of Philatelic Exhibitions – Association Canadienne
des Expositions Philatéliques (CAPE-ACEP).
The Exhibition will be held from June 9-12 2022 at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre (MTCC), 255 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
CAPEX 22 is the inaugural International One Frame Stamp Championship
Exhibition. It is also the largest exhibition of one frame exhibits ever held.
CAPEX 22 is being held under the Patronage of the Federacion Interamericana de
Filatelia (FIAF) and the Recognition of the Fédération Internationale de
Philatélie (FIP). CAPEX 22 will be governed by the General Regulations for
Exhibitions (GREX), the General Regulation for Evaluation of Exhibits (GREV),
the Special Regulations for Evaluation of exhibits (SREV’s) and Guidelines
issued by FIP and the Individual Regulations for Exhibition (IREX) issued by
CAPEX 22.
In addition to the classes recognized by FIP for One Frame exhibits, several
non-FIP classes including FDCs, Cinderellas and Illustrated Mail may be entered
in CAPEX 22.
Exhibitors from FIP member federations and FIAF member federations shall be
eligible to participate at CAPEX 22. Entries awarded at least 75-points at
national exhibitions since Jan 1, 2015 or which have been exhibited at FIP, FIAF,
FEPA or FIAP exhibitions will be eligible.
Participation Fee
1. There is
no fee for Non-Competitive Class entries.
2.The participation fee for One-Frame Exhibit (Class 1) is US$125 per exhibit.
3. The participation fee for Philatelic Literature (Class 2) is US$80 per
exhibit.
4. There is no fee for Youth Class entries.
Addresse
CAPEX 22 Organizing Committeec/o Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation 10 Summerhill Ave, Toronto, ON Canada M4T 1A8 Telephone : 416-921-2073 Fax : 416-921-1282 E-mail : info@capex22.org
Exhibitors
shall submit one Exhibit Application Form for each exhibit or literature
application through the on-line application form at www.capex22.org. The Organizing Committee will notify
the assigned National Commissioners of their respective countries.
Exhibit Application Forms duly filled shall be submitted through the on-line
application form not later than November 30, 2021.
View : CAPEX 22 IREX
View : Exhibit
Application Form
SAVPEX
2021: South African Virtual Philatelic Exhibition 22-25 July 2021
1. STATUS OF
EXHIBITION
1.1
The Exhibition will be a competitive “One Frame Virtual Exhibition” and open to
all members of Societies affiliated to The Philatelic Federation of South
Africa (PFSA) and all members of Federations affiliated to the Federation
Internationale Philatelique (FIP)
1.2
The concept of this Virtual Exhibition may be explained as follows:
(a)
Exhibitors, after assembling the exhibit, will scan the sixteen pages and send
to the email address in Clause 6.3
(b)
The exhibits will be judged by appointed National and International Jurors.
(c)
The exhibits will be available for display by request of a visitor to the venue
of the National Exhibition hosted by the Orange Free State Philatelic Society
(Bloemfontein) in JULY 2021. A number of TV screens will be available for
individual viewing of the exhibits.
(d) The exhibits will be available for viewing
on the Federation Website after the judging is completed and Exhibitors have
been notified of their results.
ENTRIES AND EXHIBITS
4.1
An administration charge of US $35 per entry will be due on Submission of the
Entry Form. The South African Federation will subsidize South African
exhibitors, their Entry Fee will be R275 and for “First Time South African
Exhibitors”, the Entry Fee will be fully subsidized. Paid Fees will only be
refunded in the case of an entry which is not accepted.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further
copies of these Exhibition Guidelines and provisional entry forms may be
obtained from: Joof van der Merwe at email: jnc1@vodamail.co.za These Exhibition Guidelines and Entry Form will
also be available on the Federation
website : https://stampssa.africa
32nd
Maximaphily and Postcards Exhibition in Echternach, 24 – 25 July 2021
The
Echternach Philatelic Circle invites visitors to the 32nd Maximaphily
and Postcard Exhibition organised by the FSPL (Federation of Philatelic
Societies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg).
The
collection of Maximum cards and Postcards was and is very popular in Luxembourg
and for this reason the FSPL has organised a specialised national exhibition
for more than 30 years. In 2021 the organisation of this exhibition has fallen
to the Echternach society. Exhibitors from other countries will be very
welcome. The only condition is that an exhibitor possesses a Maximum or Postcard
exhibit that is qualified to be shown at national exhibitions. Collectors who
are members of a society in Luxembourg may apply without prior qualification.
Traditionally frame fees are not charged in Luxembourg, but one special characteristic of the frames needs to be mentioned. This is that the Luxembourg frames each hold three rows of five sheets (A4 or the rather broader album sheets). Thus, it is possible to show 15 sheets in a frame but it is not a problem if your exhibit is designed to show 12 sheets per frame. A Luxembourg jury will evaluate your exhibit and will be available to discuss the exhibit. Applications should be made by 31 May 2021 and acceptances for participation a few days later will be sent.
Visit : Maximaphily and Postcards
Exhibition
Observations / Experiences / Facts
Philatelic
Exhibiting : Title Page
by Robert
R. Henak, originally published in Topical Time
Regardless whether you exhibit thematics, postal history or postcards,
your title page may will be the most important page of your exhibit. This is
especially true in the Brave New World of exhibiting ushered in at the national
level by the Manual of Judging and Exhibiting (7th edition). Yet far too many
exhibitors simply dash off the title page without a second thought.
The title page is not simply a piece of paper containing nothing
but the title of the exhibit. Rather, as Randy Neil explains in his Philatelic
Exhibitors Handbook (Third edition) at 129-30, the title page is best used to
explain the exhibit’s significance and to “draw a clear, easily understood
roadmap for the judge.” The well-done title page also can note particularly
important items in the exhibit, or new discoveries or research by the
exhibitor. Depending on how well these purposes are fulfilled, the title page
can have a major impact on the ultimate award level at both local and national
exhibitions.
Much like the introductory paragraph to an essay, the title page
should define – as exactly as possible – what the exhibit will show. A judge or
member of the public reading the title page should be able to understand both
the scope and content of the exhibit, expecting neither more nor less than the
exhibit ultimately delivers.
Indeed, the title itself should define the scope of the exhibit.
If the title suggests a broader or narrower scope than the exhibit delivers,
the award level will suffer accordingly. Using Shakespeare as a title suggests
that the exhibit will cover Shakespeare’s life, sonnets and the impact of his
works, as well as his plays. On the other hand, one would expect an exhibit
titled Shakespeare’s Comedies to be limited to the creation, plot, staging and
impact of that subset of his plays.
Judges, having limited time to devote to each exhibit, will not
appreciate having to search through dense paragraphs of text on the title page
to find the statement of purpose and scope of the exhibit. It is therefore a
good idea (absent a very good reason not to) to set off your statement of
purpose and scope somehow so it is easy to find on the title page. Some
exhibitors use a box around the statement of purpose, while others use a bolded
header or the like. The following is the current statement of purpose from my
Spuds exhibit:
Purpose: This thematically organized Illustrated Mail exhibit uses
advertising covers and some ephemera of the time to portray the production methods,
uses, and folklore of potatoes in the United States roughly between 1870 and
1935.
Source : https://www.americantopicalassn.org/The-Title-Page
Beginners’ Section
Parents Mail Children Through
Parcel Post
Several
instances of children traveling through the mail were by train.
On
February 19, 1914, parents in Idaho took advantage of the affordable Parcel
Post rate to mail their daughter to her grandmother’s house. It was one
of several instances of people mailing children using stamps.
A
year earlier, the Post Office Department had initiated its Parcel Post service
for fourth-class mail on January 1, 1913. Parcel Post service could be
used to send items weighing 16 ounces or more through the mail. The mail
is divided into four classes, with Parcel Post making up the fourth class.
Almost any type of merchandise could be mailed parcel post, including day-old
chicks, baby alligators, and honeybees. Only items that could be
dangerous to handle could not be sent through Parcel Post.
Rural
mail carrier
It wasn’t long after the new service began that parents found an interesting loophole. None of the regulations concerning parcel post prohibited the mailing of people, and other living beings were being mailed that way. In January 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beauge of Glen Este, Ohio, sent their young son via Rural Free Delivery one mile to his grandmother’s. The parents paid 15¢ for the stamps and insured their son for $50. Later that month, a family in Pine Hollow, Pennsylvania mailed their daughter to relatives in Clay Hollow at a cost of 45¢.
A
railway postal clerk
Then
on February 19, 1914, five-year-old May Pierstorff’s parents in Grangeville,
Idaho, wanted to send their daughter to visit her grandparents 73 miles
away. They placed 53¢ in stamps on her coat and handed her over to the postal
worker on the railway mail train, who also happened to be a relative.
Despite her safe delivery to her grandmother’s doorstep, once Postmaster
General Albert S. Burleson heard her story, he officially prohibited postal
workers from accepting humans to be mailed.
In
spite of this, a woman mailed her six-year-old daughter 720 miles from Florida
to Virginia the following year for 15¢. The last known instance of a
child being mailed came in August 1915, when three-year-old Maud Smith was
mailed from her grandparents to her sick mother in Kentucky. Even after
this, some people attempted to mail children, but postmasters rejected their
applications claiming they couldn’t be classified as “harmless live animals.”
Parcel
Postage Due Stamps
Courtesy
: Mystic Stamps Co.
Specialized Section
He gave his
country its Freedom and its Flag
-By Sekhar Chakrabarti
Pingali’s designs, compiled in the booklet in 1916, almost uniformly
featured the British Union Jack in one corner, which was ironic considering the
purpose of the flag.
It was Lala
Hansraj of Jullunder (Jalandhar) who suggested the ‘spinning wheel’ on the
Swaraj flag. Gandhi could not help admiring the originality of the suggestion. At
Bezwada (Vijaywada) Gandhi asked Venkayyaa to give him a design containing a
spinning wheel on a red (Hindu colour) and green (Muslim colour) background.
Later, on maturer consideration, Gandhi further suggested addition of a white
band on top to represent the other religions, as well as, purity and peace.
Thus, the first Swaraj flag ‘white
over green over red’ was born. The Swaraj flag was never officially adopted
as the National flag by a formal resolution. Nevertheless, Gandhi’s approval
made the flag sufficiently acceptable.
Gandhi wanted that the flag must
be made of khaddar, for it is through coarse cloth alone that we can make India
independent of foreign markets for her cloth. No matter
what we have been told, Venkayya was not the sole originator of our tricolour,
though he was one of the pioneers.
Stamp-like
Cinderella labels depicting the Swaraj
flag
and conveying exhortation to ‘Boycott British Goods’.
The
Cinderella label issued from Khadi
Mondal, College Street Market, Calcutta.
The line-drawn flag on the label has the words ‘Observe 26 January as Independence
Day’ and below ’Get ready for the freedom struggle’ in Bengali. It has on the
top a stanza taken from Padmini Upakhayan (Saga of Padmini,1858) penned
by RangalalBandopadhyay:
“Swadhinatahinataykebachitechay?
Deshatyasrinkhal
bolo kedharibay pa-ey”
(Who wishes to live without
freedom?
Who wishes to be fettered by
slavery?)
The Swaraj flag and Civil Disobedience movements
The
years following the Nagpur flag Satyagraha
of
1923, we see many historic events centred around the Swaraj flag. On 12 March 1930 Mahatma Gandhi launched Salt Satyagraha
and set out from Sabarmati ashram
with his volunteers to Dandi on
the Gujarat coast. The twenty-five-day long march culminated on 6 April1930. It
was a campaign for the non-violent movement against the British salt monopoly
in India, which eventually grew into the Civil
Disobedience movement and drew more volunteers to join the freedom
struggles under the Swaraj flag.
This miniature sheet issued to commemorate the 75th
anniversary of Salt Satyagraha in 2005, captures the historic moments and the
varied facets of Salt Satyagraha. The
fluttering Swaraj flag is depicted on the top margin.
Conflicts around the Swaraj Flag
The Swaraj flag as
the National flag for India was not taken very kindly by many and objections
were put forward to the communal interpretations of the colours from time to
time.
The Swaraj flag for
the United India was considered to be a threat to the identity and authority of
the Convention and Feudatory States (Popularly known as Princely States) within
British Empire in India.
The Swaraj flag by then became a symbol of dispute and eventually
failed to find a pan-Indian acceptance.
Rabindranath Tagore was at
variance with Mahatma Gandhi’s advocacy of the charkha symbol. In
1924–1926, a debate ensued between Tagore and Gandhi on the charkha campaign. In an essay titled ‘Swaraj Sadhan’ Tagore argued the
futility of the spinning of the charkha
as a means to attain Swaraj.
The Congress Working Committee which met at Karachi on
2 April 1931 passed a resolution stressing the need for a flag which would be
acceptable to all. In pursuance of the resolution, a seven-member Flag
Committee was formed with Dr PattabhiSitaramayya, as
the Convener, to go into the question of the national flag for
recommending a new flag after examining the objections raised against the
present Swaraj flag.
The Purna Swaraj
Flag; Saffron over Red over Green
The CWC which met in Bombay from 5 to 8 August 1931,
presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
rejected the ‘all-saffron flag’ recommended by the Flag Committee-1931 on the grounds that it was
politically provocative and unsuitable and also because the flag reflected a
drastic change from the prevailing Swaraj
flag.
A new tricolour, named Purna
Swaraj flag by substituting saffron
for red and rearranging
the disposition of the colours of the Swaraj
flag was adopted. It implied that the colours now stood for qualities
not communities.The saffron would
represent courage and sacrifice, white
would stand for peace and truth,
and green would symbolise faith
and chivalry while the spinning wheel
would be an emblem of hope of the masses.
The Purna Swaraj flag had
acquired overwhelming influence during the Quit India movement of 1942. Waving
of the flag symbolised an act of defiance, as well as, a kind of proclamation
of freedom.
On 20 February 1947, British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee announced in
the ‘House of Commons’ that they would ‘transfer all powers’ to India not later
than June 1948. Lord Louis Mountbatten, who took over the Viceroyalty of India
on 22nd March 1947 started without much ado a compromise plan
between the Congress and the Muslim League for his mission to transfer of
power. Mountbatten had chosen the date 15 August 1947, it was the 2nd
anniversary of the historic VJ Day, exactly two years ago, on this dayImperial
Japan announced its Acceptance of Surendersignifying the end of World War
II.
Suggestions started pouring in for the new National
flag for independent India.
V.D. Savarkar sent a telegram from Bombay on 7 July 1947
to Dr Rajendra Prasad, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr N.B.
Khare, reading thus: ‘The standard of Hindustan must be Bhagwa -
ochre coloured (.) the Charkha too must be replaced by a Chakra - wheel - or
any other symbol signifying progress and strength.’
For once Mountbatten was unsuccessful. Regarding the protest against the
Viceroy’s proposal to include a small Union
Jack in the Indian flag; Mahatma Gandhi saw, nothing wrong in that
as long as India was a Dominion included in the British Commonwealth. Such a
display would be an act of courtesy, and a gesture worthy of the best
traditions built up in India. But he had learnt at the Working Committee
meeting that the Union Jack was not in fact going to be included. The Mahatma
asked his audience not to rejoice over this omission.
S. D. Kalelkar hailing from Nagpur, in an article titled ‘A Thoughtful Suggestion’ published in the Harijan on 6 July 1947, suggested a simple wheel in place of the charkha, making it easier to draw it symmetrically on the flag.He writes;“…… the wheel might also include the Buddhist concept of dharma-chakra (adopted by Emperor Ashoka) or the balance-wheel of religion that sustains society. The spiritual basis of Indian civilization might thus be made pronounced in our national symbol which will carry the message of peace and non-violence to the whole world”.
The Flag Committee members were mostly veterans of the Congress. They did not waste much time on pondering, without much ado, they decided to make their Party flag double as the National flag with a token alternation in its design by substituting Gandhi’s Charkha with Ashoka’s Dharma-Chakra. Only two meetings were held to discuss the design of the National Flag, first on 10th July and the other on 18th July, 1947, but no ‘minutes of the meetings’ were available.
The decision to remove the charkha evoked mixed reactions. A correspondent from Hyderabad
wrote; ‘Gandhiji is being buried alive’, citing some of the speeches of the
constituent assembly debate to illustrate his stand, he further wrote, ‘The new
wheel or Ashokan chakra has no
connection with Gandhi’s wheel; wheel is the sign of ‘non-violent economy’
while the new one represents the Sudarshana
Chakra, which represents violence.
I must say that, if the Flag of the Indian Union will not embody the emblem of the Charkha, I will refuse to salute that flag. You know the National Flag of India was first thought of by me, and I cannot conceive of India’s National Flag without the emblem of the Charkha. We have, however been told by Pandit Nehru and others that the sign of the Wheel or Chakra in the National flag symbolises the Charkha also.
Kolkata house
that hosted Gandhi during the tumultuous chapter of our history in August 1947.
In that Note, Prof.Mookerji
explained:
“how the Chakra of the National Flag was not the Chakra of Asoka but of the
Buddha who conceived of it, the Chakra is to be traced back to the Sudarsana
Chakra of Vishnu. Prof
Mookerji further added: “according to our Sastra, Sudarshana Chakra is a cosmic circle
of all-embracing love as indicated in the great prayer:अखंड-मंडलाकारंव्याप्तमयेनचराचरम“AKHANDA --MANDALAAKARAM
VYAAPTAM YENA CHARAA
CHARAM” (The cosmic circle within
the limitless circuit of which is embraced all that is animate and inanimate)”.
Needless to say,Gandhiji
was satisfied.
Gandhi however
reminded; ‘if we neglect the charkha ...we will be acting like a man who
remembers God in sorrow and forgets him when he showers happiness’.
Mahatma Gandhi who“Gave his country its Freedom and its Flag” fell
to assassin’s bullet on 30 January 1948.
Gandhi Smriti
Vahan (Gandhi
Memorial Vehicle) carried the ashes of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi
from Allahabad Railway Station to the Sangam on February 12, 1948. The V-8-Ford
Truck has been maintained in its original form and is in display at Allahabad
Museum in a separate enclosure.
About the author
Sekhar Chakrabarti (b.1946) – Vexillologist, author, curator and flag collector. His name found a place in the “LIMCA Book of Records’ for his collection of most stamps featuring Indian National Flags.
- Authored “The Indian National Flag unfurled through
Philately” (Niyogi Books, 2012).
-Curated exhibitions
celebrating 125th anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore in Cairo,
Egypt in 2011 under the auspices of the ICCR and Embassy of India. Curated a
solo exhibition on the “Indian Flag” for the first time in India in Kolkata in
2014 under the patronage of ICCR.
-Credited to be the
only Indian delegate in three consecutive International Flag Congresses (ICV)s
held at Rotterdam (2013), Sydney (2015) and London (2017).
Women’s
Day special
Women Freedom Fighters of India : Bharat ki Veeranganaen
- Eeshita Basu RoyIndia became
Independent on 15th August 1947. Independence did not come easily
.The entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of
bravery, sacrifice and political sagacity of great men and women of the
country. The list of
great women whose names have gone down in history for their dedication and
undying devotion to the service of India is a long one. There are endless
number of women who daringly fought for India’s freedom with their true spirit
and undaunted courage and had faced various tortures, exploitations and hardships
to earn us freedom that we enjoy today in our motherland India.
It is a very difficult task to list out all Women freedom fighters and equally difficult to segregate a few amongst them. With all respect and due apologies, furnishing below is a brief note on selected few women freedom fighters.
Woman's participation in India's freedom struggle began as early as 1817 when Bhima BaiHolkar fought bravely against the British colonel Malcolm and defeated him in guerilla warfare. In 1824 Rani Channama of Kittur resisted the armed might of the East Indian Company.
Kittur Rani Channamma(23 October
1778 – 02 February 1829)
KitturChannamma was the Queen of Kittur, a princely state in Karnataka. She was
one of the Indian female ruler to lead an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824 because of the effect of doctrine of lapse. The
resistance ended with her arrest and she became a symbol of the independence movement in India. In the state of Karnataka, she is
celebrated along with Abbakka Rani, KeladiChennamma and OnakeObavva, as the
foremost women warriors and patriots. Chennamma was a member of the Lingayat.
Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi (Jhansi ki Rani )(19 November 1828 – 17 June 1858)
Rani Lakshmi Bai was one of the leading warriors of
India’s freedom struggle who laid an outstanding influence on the succeeding
women freedom fighters.She used to go into the battlefield dressed as a man.
Holding the reins of their horse in her mouth she used the sword with both
hands. She fought valiantly and although beaten she refused to surrender and
fell as a warrior should, fighting the enemy to the last. Her remarkable courage
inspired many men and women in India to rise against alien rule.
A
commemorative postage stamp on Martyrs of The First War of Independence, 1857
revolution.The stamp depicts M. F. Hussain’s painting on Rani Laxmi Bai.
Jhalkari bai of Jhansi (November 22, 1830 –1890)
A prominent fighter during the Rebellion of 1857,
one woman driven by sheer fortitude and courage was able to strike fear in
the hearts of the British army and leave behind a rich legacy for millions
to emulate.
Sarojini Naidu (The Nightingale of India) (13 February 1879 –
02 March 1949)
She
campaigned for the Khilafat Movement.When Gandhi launched the Civil
Disobedience Movement, she proved a faithful lieutenant. After Gandhi's arrest
she had prepared 2,000 volunteers under the scorching sun to raid the Dhahran
Salt Works. She gave up writing poetry and fully devoted herself to
emancipation of women, education unity etc. She became a follower of Gandhiji
and accompanied him to England.
Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820—1879)
Begum Hazrat Mahal was a great Indian freedom-fighter who played a major role during India's First War of independence (1857-58). She was also known as the Begum of Awadh (Oudh) and was the wife of the then Lucknow ruler, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.
She led a band of her supporters against the British, and was even able to seize the control of Lucknow. She worked in close association with other leaders of India’s First War of Independence, including Nana Sahib. Begum was not only a strategist but also fought on the battlefield. When the forces under the command of the British re-captured Lucknow and most part of the Awadh, she was forced to retreat. When her forces lost ground, she fled Oudh and organized soldiers again in other places. She turned down all offers of amnesty and allowances by the British rulers.
Finally, she took refuge in an asylum in Nepal,
where she died in the year 1879. To acknowledge her endless effort in fighting
for the freedom of country, the Government of India issued a stamp on 10th May
1984.
Matangini Hazra (19 October 1870 – 29 September 1942)
Madam Bhikaiji Cama (24 September 1861 - 13 August 1936)
Rani Gaidinliu (Rani of the Nagas) (26 January 1915- 17 February 1993)
Born in Nangkao village of Manipur she came in
contact with the political and spiritual leader of the Nagas,Haripau Jadonang
who started a movement to drive away the British from Manipur. When Jadonang
was hanged by the British,Gaidinliu took over the leadership and challenged the
Britishers. The British Govt. tried to suppress her movement. She went
underground. The army made a house to house search and finally captured her in
1932 and sentenced her to life imprisonment. Jawaharlal Nehru called her
"Rani of the Nagas" for her indomitable spirit and aggressive fight
against the British. She spent more than 15 years in jail and was released only
after Independence. She was honoured with Tamrapatra and Padma Bhushan.She died
on 17-02-1993.
Aruna Asaf Ali(16 July 1909 - 29 July 1996)
Aruna Asaf Ali was born in a Bengali Brahma Samaj
family at Kalka in Haryana. She married Asaf Ali a prominent lawyer of Delhi
against convention. She actively participated in the National Movement for
Independence. Following the arrest of all congress leaders in 1942 she went
underground to guide the movement evading police arrest. She became the symbol
of the spirit of youth in this country guiding and leading the National
Movement from underground. She remained underground till 1946 when the warrant
of arrest was withdrawn. Aruna belonged to the heroic age of Freedom Movement.
With this background, after Independence she could not adjust to the political
realities and chose to live in retirement till her death on 29th July 1996. She
was awarded Bharat Ratna (1997) Posthumously.
Annie Besant(1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933)
Kasturba
Gandhi (Ba) (11 April 1869 – 22
February 1944)
Kamala Nehru (1 August 1899 – 28
February 1936)
Durgabai Deshmukh (15 July 1909 – 9 May 1981)
She was the mother of social work in India. She was
born in a middles class Andhra family in Kakinada. In 1937 she founded Andhra Mahila
Sabha in Madras which to-day runs two hospitals, 2 colleges and 3 high schools.
As Member of Parliament she worked to set up a social welfare board on
13-8-1953 to carry out programmes of educating, training and rehabilitating the
needy women, children and the disabled. She was the recipient of a number of
awards including Padma Bhushan and the UNESCO award for outstanding work in the
field of literacy.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (2 February 1889 – 6
February 1964)
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom
fighter, and a social activist.She was also a member of the Constituent
Assembly, the body that framed the constitution of India. She was the first
health minister of independent India & served for ten years in the
capacity. She co-founded the All India Women's Conference in 1927 and participated in Gandhi-led 240-mile Dandi March in 1930. In 1942, she participated in the Quit India Movement,
and the Raj authorities imprisoned her.
Nellie Sengupta ( 1 December 1886 - 23 October 1973 )
Pandita Ramabai (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922)
PanditaRamabai was a social worker, scholar and a
champion of women's rights, freedom and education. PanditaRamabai participated
in the freedom movement and was one of the 10 women delegates of the Congress
session of 1889. She founded Arya MahilaSamaj . The purpose of
the society was to promote the cause of women's education and deliverance from
the oppression of child marriage.
Meera Behn (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982)
Madeleine Slade (MiraBehn) daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade, was a British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement. She devoted her life to human development, the advancement of Gandhi's principles. She was christened “Meera” by Gandhiji. She joined the Satyagrahmovement and was jailed thrice. She was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1982
.Kamala devi Chattopadhyay (3 April 1903 – 29 October 1988)
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter. She is
most remembered for her contribution to the Indian independence movement; for
being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts,
handlooms, and theatre in independent India; and for upliftment of the
socio-economic standard of Indian women by pioneering the co-operative
movement.
In 1974, she was awarded the Sangeet NatakAkademi Fellowship the
highest honour conferred by the Sangeet
NatakAkademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
Savitri Bai Phule (3 January 1831 – 10 March 1897)
Savitri bai Phule was an Indian social reformer,
educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. She is regarded as the first female
teacher of India. Along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, she played an important and vital role in improving women's rights in
India.
Rani Avanti Bai (16 August 1831 - 20 March 1858)
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904 -1948)
Rukmini Lakshimipathi (6 December 1892 – 6 August 1951)
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Basu Roy : email : eeshita2015@gmail.com
Philatelic
Tributes to the First Line Warriors - Corona virus COVID-19 Pandemic
Contd.. from the last..
#ThankYouHeroes COVID-19 (10th May 2020)
URUGUAY - Postage stamp
MONACO - Postage stamp
To be contd....
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New Issues
from other countries
Australia
16 Feb 2021 : Frontline Heroes
This set of stamps contains all five stamps from the Frontline Heroes stamp issue and a minisheet .
- $1.10 Healthcare workers
- $1.10 Paramedic and aged care
worker
- $1.10 ADF and police services
- $1.10 Postal and delivery
services
- $1.10 Teacher and supermarket
worker
Canada
16
Feb 2021 : Snow Mammals
Croatia
22
Feb 2021 Children’s world
Estonia
France
Guernsey
Philippines
10 Feb 2021 Valentine’s Day
The
Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) issued Valentine's Day postage stamp as
part of its effort to make the season of the hearts more memorable inspite the
Covid-19 pandemic.
Themed "Far but not apart," this
year's stamp feature's digital art of male and female person with face masks
overcoming physical distance by constant communication in whatever means to
send messages of love and affection under a big heart shape ribbon.
The words "Pilipinas" and
"Valentine's Day" were also printed in the stamp. The price of P12 on
each stamp is located at the upper corner. Young graphic artist Ryman Dominic
Albuladora design and layout the stamps.
Poland
19 February 2021 : Easter
Acknowledgment
- Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin March 2021 issue edited by Mohanachandran Nair
- Judaica Thematic Society (UK) March 2021 Newsletter edited by Gary Goodman email - judaicathematicsociety@talktalk.net
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