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Monday, June 8, 2015

UTI’s golden jubilee year stamp

Today I received cover from sent by UTI Mutual Funds. In fact this is statement sent by them. Cover contains commemorative stamps issued to mark golden jubilee year of UTI.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

India makes history on first try as Mangalyaan enters Mars orbit

India’s Mars Mission : India created history on Wednesday, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit on its maiden attempt.

Indian Space Research Organization’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft started orbiting the red planet at 7.47am, but it was only 12 minutes later —because of a time delay in radio signals travelling the 680 million km -- that scientists at Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore, could erupt in joy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood a happy witness.

For most of the time the main engine was firing — 20 of the 24 crucial minutes — MOM was hiding behind Mars, adding to the suspense.

The scientists had waited for more than 300 days as MOM journeyed on through space, but the last 54 minutes were virtually unbearable. For, it was during this period that the orbiter first reoriented itself and then fired its engine and thrusters for about 24 minutes to get into the Mars orbit.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Commemorative Stamps on Indian Musicians - 3rd September 2014.

India Post issued a set of eight Commemorative Stamps on Indian Musicians commemorating Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ms. D.K. Pattammal, Ms. Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan on 3rd September, 2014. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released stamps at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. India Post has issued eight separate sheetlets of all eight musicians containing nine stamps each in a sheetlet and a Miniature Sheet containing eight stamps.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

India : 2014 FIFA World Cup Stamps & FDC

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Sachin TendulkarPostage Stamp

On 14th November 2013, as Sachin Tendulkar played his 200^th & final Test match against West Indies Indian post released set of commemorative stamps to honoring him.

Friday, March 27, 2009

India Stamps for 2000 Olympic

Monday, February 9, 2009

Indian Stamps for 1976 Montreal Olympic

Indian Issue for XX Olympic Games

Indian Stamps for 1972 Munich Olympic Games
Showing Olympic event Hockey.

History:
Hockey is the oldest known ball and stick game. Records exist of it having been played in Persia in 2000 BC. The name hockey probably derives from the French hocquet, or shepherd’s crook, and refers to the crooked stick which is used to hit a small ball. The game became more organised late in the 19th century and became an Olympic sport in 1908.Until the 1970s, the game at international level was mainly played on natural grass, but has become an even more exciting and Skilful India dominated the sport for three decades, winning all six Olympic gold medals and 30 consecutive games from 1928 to 1956. The first Balbir Singh, who was followed by four more players of the same name who also played for victorious Indian teams, scored five goals in a 6-1 gold-medal victory over the Netherlands in Helsinki in 1952