Issued by India

Issued on Sep 14, 2024

Issued for : The Department of Posts is pleased to announce the release of a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Rajbhasha, marking 75 years since Hindi was officially designated as the Union’s language. This commemorative stamp is designed to honor the significant role Hindi has played in fostering unity and serving the diverse linguistic communities across India. The commemorative postage stamp will stand as a tribute to the enduring importance of Hindi in the nation’s administrative and cultural landscape, celebrating its journey and impact over the past 75 years.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure : Sh. Sankha Samanta
FDC resource material : National Mission of Manuscripts
Cancellation Cachet : Sh. Sankha Samanta

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 305950

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• On 14 September 2024, India will celebrate a significant milestone: the 75^th anniversary of Hindi designated as the official language of the Union. This occasion, known as Hindi Day, commemorates a crucial decision made by the Constituent Assembly on this date in 1949. The decision was taken after rigorous debates about the official language and script, culminating in the choice of Hindi written in the Devanagari script.
• The debate on the official language began on 12 September 1949 and concluded on 14 September 1949. During this period, members of the Constituent Assembly engaged in a series of discussions but the majority favored the Devanagari script. This preference was solidified in the final agreement, which established Hindi as the official language of the Union in Devanagari script.
• The decision was later formalized with the enactment of the Official Languages Act, 1963. This Act was designed to facilitate the use of Hindi in official transactions of the Union. This was further supported by the Official Language Resolution adopted in December 1968 and the Official Language Rules, 1976. These legislative measures were aimed at ensuring the progressive implementation of Hindi for various official purposes of the Union.
• The Department of Official Language was established in June 1975 as an independent department within the Ministry of Home Affairs. Its primary mandate is to ensure compliance with constitutional and legal provisions regarding the use of Hindi and to promote its use in official matters based on the policy of motivation, encouragement and goodwill. Since its inception, the Department has been dedicated to advancing the progressive use of Hindi. In recent years, the Department has undertaken several significant initiatives:
  • Development of “Kanthastha” Software: A notable achievement is the creation of “Kanthastha,” a software developed with the help of the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune. This software leverages memory and artificial intelligence to assist in translating new documents. Kanthastha utilizes both local and global translation memory to improve accuracy and efficiency. An advanced version, Kanthastha-2.0 was launched on the occasion of Hindi Diwas on September 14, 2022. It features enhanced capabilities and tools, reflecting the Department’s commitment to technological advancement in language translation.
  • Creation of Digital Dictionary “Hindi Shabd Sindhu”: Another significant initiative is the development of a digital dictionary named “Hindi Shabd Sindhu.” This comprehensive resource includes terms from various domains such as health, technology, media, and law. It also integrates popular words from different Indian languages, showcasing the richness and diversity of the linguistic landscape in India. This dictionary aims to enhance the accessibility and usability of Hindi in various professional and academic fields.
  • Establishment of Bhartiya Bhasha Anubhag: The Bhartiya Bhasha Anubhag is an ambitious project initiated by the Department also to have the official correspondence between the Central and State Governments in the respective official languages of the States. This initiative is designed to facilitate more efficient and effective communication within the framework of India’s federal structure.
  • Hindi Diwas and Official Language Conferences: The Department has organized a series of events to promote Hindi, including the Hindi Diwas celebrations and All India Official Language Conferences. The first conference took place in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on 13-14 November 2021, under the guidance of the Hon’ble Home Minister. It saw participation from over 2,500 Hindi enthusiasts from across the country. The second and third conferences were held in Surat (2022) and Pune (2023), respectively, with each event drawing over 8000 participants. The fourth conference is scheduled for 14-15 September 2024 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, coinciding with this year’s Hindi Day celebrations. This event is also expected to attract more than 8,000 central government officials.
• To honor the 75^th anniversary of Hindi as the official language, the Department of Official Language has declared 2024-25 as the Official Language Diamond Jubilee Year. This special designation reflects the Department’s efforts to recognize and celebrate the significance of the official language Hindi in India’s official and cultural spheres.
• Text : Referenced from content provided by Proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Jan 25, 2024

Issued for : Department of Posts is delighted to release a miniature sheet of 3 commemorative postage stamps on Bharat – The Mother of Democracy and salutes the democratic spirit of world’s largest democracy.

Credits :
Miniature Sheet/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Sh. Suresh Kumar

Type : Miniature Sheet, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise (3)

Miniature Sheets Printed : 143334

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• A 31 gun salute to the President heralded the birth of Indian Republic shortly before 1030 hours on January 26, 1950. It was 894 days after the country attained the dominion status following the end of British rule. The ceremony was held in the brilliantly decorated Darbar Hall of the Government House (now Rashtrapati Bhawan) and was attended by about 500 prominent dignitaries including Dr Soekarno, the President of Indonesian Republic. It was the beginning of a new Republic based on the principles of justice, liberty, equality and unity.
• This (26^th January 2024) being the 75^th Republic Day inspires us to look back and realize that Bharat has been the beckon of Democracy long before this idea was rediscovered by western thinkers. It is no surprise that after independence, the people of this country took to democracy as duck takes to water.
• India had a history of Republics that existed before and after Buddha. One such republic was Lichchhavi which was a part of Vajjika territory and contemporary village of Basarh in Vaishali district of Bihar. The references of Lichchhavi are in Pali, Tibetan, Jain, Greek, Nepalese, and Chinese and Sanskrit texts. Universal Civil rights, franchise, general assembly, rule of law, deliberation and procedures of committees and appeals are the democratic features, which were well established in Lichchhavi Gana-Rajya. Lichchhavis had an open and secret ballot system; their presidents (ganapati), Vice presidents (up ganapati), army chiefs (senapati), ambassadors and other key heads of administration-judiciary were elected through consensus and electoral contests, if required.
• It was one of the earliest document reference to democracy and hence can be called mother of democracy in the recorded history of mankind. It operated on the principal that ‘let one faulty escape than to punish one who is not guilty’. It was a role model for Buddha. His Sangh was founded on the functioning style of this Lichchhavi gana-rajya.
• Sangam literature and epigraphical sources throw valuable information on the socio-economic condition of Tamil Nadu. In the Chola period, the Uttiramerur inscription of C. 919 and 921 CE of the Chola king, Parantaka I, laid down the rules for the election of persons to the several committees which administered the village. It mentions the nagaram, which denotes both the town of the merchants and their assembly, the ur or village assembly and the urar (members of the village assembly). The different local bodies coexisted peacefully. The leader of the mahasabha/sabha was an elected representative. It highlights an early form of decentralized governance in the region.
• Uttiramerur inscription describes a meticulous electing process for members of the Sabha. It involved a lottery system, ensuring fairness. The eligibility criteria included age, property ownership and moral conduct. The Sabha served as a committee responsible for various administrative functions, including resolving disputes, maintaining law & order and overseeing local affairs. Major decisions were taken through discussions and consensus-building. For accountability, the inscription mentions provisions for impeaching and removing individuals from the sabha if found guilty of misconduct or corruption.
• Sikhism, founded by Guru Nanak in the 15^th century, embodies several democratic ideals that promote equality, justice and community participation. It emphasizes the equality of all individuals, irrespective of caste, creed, gender or social status. The concept of ‘Ik Onkar’ (One supreme reality) underscores the oneness of humanity and rejects any form of discrimination.
• The Sikh tradition encourages active participation of its followers in community affairs. The Institution of langar (community kitchen) exemplifies Sikh democratic values, promoting social equality and community solidarity. The Sikh prayer ‘Sarbat da Bhala’ translates to ‘May everyone be blessed’ promotes an inclusive and compassionate society. The Gurmata system involves reaching consensus through discussion and agreement among community members.
• When Bharat is entering into Amrit Kaal, it is opportune time to reclaim the legacy of our forefather and great thinkers who sowed the seed of Democracy in our DNA. Bharat was, is and will remain forever the Mother of Democracy.
• Text : Referenced from content provided by Proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Jun 14, 2022

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to issue a Commemorative Postage Stamp on completion of 200 years of publication of Mumbai Samachar.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Ms. Gulistaan

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 301600

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• Newspapers are an essential part of modern civilization. They inform us about the latest developments that are taking place in the world. They also guide us and mould public opinion on issues of national and international importance. Newspapers provide space for public grievances and educate citizens on good citizenship and ethics.
• Mumbai Samachar is Asia’s oldest existing newspaper. First published on 1^st July, 1822, the headquarter of this Gujarati newspaper was visited by Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for discussion on important issues. On 1^st July, 2021, the newspaper has entered in the 200^th year of publication.
• Mumbai Samachar started as a small bunch of pamphlets on 1^st July, 1822, by Parsi priest-cum-scholar, Fardunjee Murazban, considered as the pioneer of Gujarati journalism, as he started the first Indian printing press in 1812. The first version of the newspaper had consisted of 14-pages on three small quarto sheets and a half-sheet supplement in a 10 by 8 inch format.
• Mumbai Samachar in its initial phase catered to the thriving business community of the city and provided business-related news, death announcements, and especially shipping time-tables as all trade was conducted through the Bombay port. A week till 1832, a bi-weekly till 1855, and then on to a full-fledged daily, the newspaper became a favourite of the Gujarati community comprising Paris, Hindus, Jain, Dawoodi Bohras, Khojas and Memons, etc.
• Over the years, while faithfully catering to the business community, “Mumbai Samachar” witnessed history as the Seven Isles known as Bombay transformed into Mumbai, the country’s financial-glamour power capital. The Camas, who acquired it in 1933, continued the paper’s strongly “nationalistic” editorial policies which endeared itself to the stalwarts of the freedom movement.
• With a daily circulation of barely 15,000 copies in the 1930s, now it sells at least 10 times more. After Asia’s first bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) started working in 1875, the “Mumbai Samachar” provided well-researched daily reports on the ups-and-downs till the 1990s Mumbai Samachar was eagerly lapped up by the investor community. Ms. Pinki Dalal became the first ever women editor for Gujarati Daily.
• Currently more than 200 staff members and offices across four other centres apart from Mumbai, bring out a single daily edition of the paper, making it the oldest running newspaper in India. It has survived two World Wars, the fight against colonialism, global financial slumps and now the pandemic covid-19.
• Mumbai Samachar has successfully overcome the brunt of digital media due to its credibility and adherence to its original values. Even today, authenticity of the news is the first priority of the newspaper. It continuously provides vast informative and educational material through its daily supplements. The newspaper has taken a number of initiatives to promote Gujarati language, literature and tradition. The daily has also mentored many young journalists who are doing very well in the field of Gujarati and regional language journalism.
• Text : Referenced from the contents provided by proponent.

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Issued by Bangladesh

Issued on Feb 21, 2021

Issued for : To commemorate this event, Bangladesh Post has issued 1 (one) Commemorative Postage Stamp of tk. 10/-, a First Day Cover of tk. 10/- (Ten), a Data Card of tk. 5/- (Five) and a Special Canceller.

Designer : Mr. Sanjiv Kanti Das

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

No. of Stamp : 01 (One) Piece

Colour : Multicolour

Denomination of Stamp : Tk. 10/- (Ten)

Size of Stamp : 32 mm x 48 mm

Perforation of Stamps : 12.5

Qnt of Stamps : 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) pcs

Process of Printing : Offset

Printer : The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur-1703

About : 

• The Language Movement is a glorious chapter in the history of Bangalee (Bengali) nation. East Pakistan Muslim Student League formed under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 4, 1948. The role of this organization is Specially Memorable in the history of the Language Movement. Among the demands of the Students League, the demand for state language was one of the important points. When Dhirendra Nath Datta’s Proposal in the Pakistan constituent Assembly Session on 23 February, 1948 for recognition of Bengali (Bangla) language as a language of Assembly with Urdu and English was repudiated, the agitated student community brought up strike on February 26, 1948 in Dhaka under the order of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other student leaders. The students of Dhaka University and other educational institutions actively participated in the general strike of March 11, 1948 realizing the right of state language Bengali (Bangla) called under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with other leaders: Shamsul Haque, Oli Ahad, Mohammad Toaha, Abul Kashem, Romesh Das Gupta and Ajit Guha and others.
• In fact the demand for establishing Bengali (Bangla) language as one of the state languages of Pakistan got momentum on March 21, 1948 when Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan made inane declaration at the public meeting held at the then Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy Uddan) that Urdu and Urdu alone would be the state language of Pakistan. This declaration of Mr. Jinnah did not go unchallenged and an instant response of “no” came from few students of Dhaka University.
• The Urdu-Bengali (Bangla) controversy was reignited when Jinnah’s successor governor-general Khawaja Nazimuddin staunchly defended the “Urdu-only” policy in a speech on 27 January, 1952. On 31 January, 1952 the Shorbodolio Kendrio Rashtro Bhasha Kormi Porishod (All Party Central Language Action Committee) was formed in a meeting at Dhaka chaired by Maulana Bhashani. The Action Committee called for an all out protest on 21 February, including strikes and rallies.
• In an attempt to prevent the demonstration, the government imposed section 144 in Dhaka by banning any gathering there. The students of Dhaka University and other political activists defied the law and organized a protest movement on 21 February, 1952. The movement reached its climax when police killed student demonstrators on that day. Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Sofiur Rahman, Abul Barkat and Abdul Jabbar were killed in this incident. The killing provoked widespread civil unrest. After years of conflict, the Central Government relented and granted official status to the Bengali (Bangla) Language in 1956.
• Shaheed Minar is the name of the eternal monument built in memory of the Language Martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Language Movement on 21 February 1952. Shaheed Minar stands as a universal symbol of linguistic struggle of the Bengali (Bangalee) people of Bangladesh. In 1999, UNESCO declared “21^st February” as International Mother Language Day, in tribute to the Language Martyrs, Language Movement and Ethno-Linguistic right of people around the world. In its resolution the UNESCO said – “21^st February” be proclaimed International Mother Language Day throughout the world to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this very day in 1952. Since then 21 February is observed as International Mother Language Day around the world.
• Narrator:
  Shafiee Billah Jabber
  Son of Martyred Intellectual Abdul Jabbar of Bangladesh Liberation War and
  Author of the Trust: Shaheed Buddhijibi (Martyred Intellectuals) Memorial Trust, Bangladesh.
  Editor and Publisher: The Daily Asian Express and Fortnightly City of Joy.
  

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Issued by India

Issued on Jun 17, 2018

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to issue a Commemorative Postage Stamp on Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras on its centenary.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 603000

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was founded by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, in 1918, to propagate Hindi as the common link language in the Southern States. Gandhiji sent his youngest son Devdas Gandhi in 1918 to Madras to establish the Sabha and also to serve as the first Hindi Pracharak.
• The Sabha was inaugurated at a formal function in the Gokhale Hall in George Town, Madras City, on June 17, 1918, by Dr. Annie Besant. The first Hindi class was conducted by Devdas Gandhi. The Sabha was registered as an autonomous Society, under the Central Registration of Societies Act, 1860, with Mahatma as the first President of the Sabha.
• Four provincial Sabhas were established in 1936 as the branches of the Central Sabha to intensify the movement. In the same year, the Sabha, which was functioning hitherto from rented buildings, moved to its own building in T. Nagar. The new building was inaugurated on October 7, 1936 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
• Gandhiji continued as the founder President till his last breath and was succeeded by Babu Rajendra Prasad. After that, leaders such as Lal Bahadur Shastri, Smt. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P.V. Narasimha Rao, R. Venkataraman, Dr. B.D. Jatti, and Justice Ranganath Mishra succeeded as Presidents of the Sabha.
• Government of India has recently declared the house in the Sabha premises that was used by Gandhiji for his stay for ten days in 1946 as one of the forty Gandhi Heritage Sites in India. The Sabha is planning to establish a permanent Gandhi Museum in this house.
• The primary activity of the Sabha is propagation of Hindi in the Southern States through the network of Pracharaks. Examinations were being held regularly from 1922 to enable the students to assess their proficiency in Hindi. The first degree level examination “Rashtrabhasha Visharad” was conducted and the first Convocation of the Sabha was also held in 1931. The convocation address was delivered by Kaka Kalelkar. Prominent leaders and Hindi scholars such as Munshi Premchand, Babu Purushottam Das Tandon, Dr. Sarojini Naidu, Pattabi Seetharamiah, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Zakir Hussain, B. Ramakrishna Rao, Moturi Satyanarayana, Babu Jagajeevan Ram, Dr. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Baba Ganga Saran Singh participated and delivered convocation address in the subsequent years. The Sabha today, is the largest Institution teaching Hindi in South India and nearly seven lakh students appear for the examinations conducted every year.
• The Sabha was conferred the status of an Institution of National Importance by the Government of India in 1964 by the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act, 1964. The Act has enabled the Sabha to award degrees, diplomas and certificates in proficiency in Hindi and teaching of Hindi. The Sabha established the Post Graduate and Research Institute (PG&RI) for higher learning in the year 1964 that was inaugurated by Lal Bahadur Shastri. Now, about 6,000 persons are awarded various Degrees – including Ph.D. and D.Litt. – Diplomas and Certificates by the PG&RI of the Sabha.
• The Sabha is conducting Hindi teacher training and B.Ed. courses in Hindi for increasing the availability of Hindi teachers in South India, through its 11 B.Ed. colleges and 21 teacher training colleges. As many as 85,904 teachers who passed out of these colleges are now working as Hindi teachers in several schools. In addition, the Sabha is also conducting distant education courses in Hindi medium, with due approval of the Distance Education Bureau with an annual enrolment of about 6,000 students.
• Another landmark in the history of the Sabha was the establishment of a National Hindi Research Library in 1991 with financial assistance from the Government of India. The National Hindi Research Library has more than one lakh titles in Hindi literature and subscribes to 150 newspapers and periodicals and is one of the biggest of its kind.
• The Sabha is a leading publisher of Hindi books in South India and has so far published more than 540 books in Hindi Language from text books for Sabha examinations to great literary works. Bi-lingual and tri-lingual dictionaries have been edited and published by the Sabha. The Sabha has its own Press which has won Rashtrapati Award for excellence in printing. Several magazines such as “Hindi Prachar Samachar”, “Sravanthi”, “Bharathavani”, “Keral Bharathi”, “Hindi Patrika”, “Dakshin Bharat” and “Bahubrahi” are published by the Sabha and its branches and all these magazines are registered under RNI.
• The Sabha is the largest Hindi teaching organization in the country, teaching Hindi to around seven lakh non-Hindi speaking Indians. The Sabha has developed a vast network of about 20,000 active grass root level pracharaks. The Sabha is the biggest contributor to the pool of Hindi teachers in south India, having turned out around 90,000 Hindi teachers through its B.Ed. and school teacher training institutions.
• Text : Based on information received from proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Dec 26, 2017

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to issue a Commemorative Postage Stamp on Dr. Shambhunath Singh.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 5.0 lakh

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Shambhunath Singh

Born on 17 Jun, 1916 at Rawatpar, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died on 3 Sep, 1991 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

About : 

• Dr. Shambhunath Singh enriched the Post CHHAYAVAD Hindi literature through his multidimensional creative vision. His literary works reflect the struggle arising out of the conflicts among the social and cultural ethos, inherent in society. His prolonged fifty years literary career was solely aimed at Integral Humanism.
• Born on 17 June 1916 at Rawatpar Amethian village in Deoria district of eastern Uttar Pradesh as the middle son of Thakur Ram Dev Singh, Late Dr. Shambhunath Singh started his poetic career at the tender age of 13 years in 1930. By the year 1940, his poetic abilities were noticed by all. In the meantime, on arrival of Mahatma Gandhi at Kashi in 1934, on an evening in Prarthana Sabha, he presented him the poem titled “Harijan” which was framed in glass. It got instantly auctioned by Bapu and a sum of Rs. 50 was received in Harijan fund. In 1938, as a student of Allahabad University, during the golden jubilee celebrations, he was invited to participate in a “Kavi Sammelan” where his poem “Krishak Bala” was widely appreciated. His genius and talents drew the attention of Late Smt. Mahadevi Verma and Dr. Ram Kumar Verma. He came in close contacts with them and got their blessings.
• His poetic talents were further refined even after the year 1940. His poetry collections “Roop Rashmi” and “Chhaya lok” were published during the year 1940 to 1945. His famous poetry “Samay Ki Shila Par” was published in 1944. Dr. Shambhunath Singh wrote about grass root realities of Indian society which got published later on, as collection of poems like “Udayachal” and “Manvantar”. Depicting the social and economic conditions of Indian rural life, he published the collection of his poems in “Diva Lok”, “Maadhyam Main” and “Khandit Setu” after the year 1950.
• “Maadhyam Main” and “Khandit Setu” are the collections of neo-Hindi poetry written by him, but due to his deep love and affection for Indian natural and cultural consciousness he did not like the imported modernity of neo Hindi poetry. Therefore, he invented a new cult in Hindi poetic traditions, namely, the “Nav Geet”.
• During the 50 years of his literary career from 1940 to 1990, apart from the publications of his eleven collections of poetry he published many valuable research works and treatises too, such as “Hindi Mahakavya kaa Swaroop Vikas”, “Goswami Tulasi Das Jeevan aur Vyaktitwa”, “Chhayawaad Yug”, “Prayog Vaad aur Nai Kavita”, “Moolya aur Uplabdhi”, “Hindi Kavya kee Samajik Bhoomika”, “Hindi Alochana ke Jyoti Stambha”, “Vaidik Jaati Ka Nivas Sthan”, “Bhartiya Sanskriti ka Swaroop” and “Samkaleen Hindi Kavita ka Pariprekshya va Navgeet” etc. With publications of “Dharatee aur Aakash”, “Akela Shahar”, “Adrishya Champa” and “Deewar kee Wapasee” he successfully introduced the experiment of absurd drama in Hindi writing.
• His invaluable works on review, research, drama, essay and stories have glorified and immensely enriched the contemporary Hindi literature. He continuously kept himself abreast of the changes that were taking place in the circles of Hindi poetry. After the decline of Chhaya Vaad, he associated himself with the developing streams of Hindi poetry like Yatharthvaad, Prayogvaad, Pragativaad, Neo Poetry and Nav Geet.
• The renowned critic Dr. Prabhakar Machave has described him as “Prince of Songs”. Folk culture, society, nature, love and sensitivity are the central themes in the poetry of Dr. Shambhunath Singh and through its pursuance he established himself as the exponent of modernity and elevator of Indian cultural consciousness. Deeply engrossed in his relentless literary pursuits, he breathed his last on 3^rd September 1991 in Varanasi.
• Text : Based on the material received from proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Nov 1, 2017

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to issue three Commemorative Postage Stamps on Kavi Muddana, Adikavi Nannaya & Draksharamam Bhimeswara Temple.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure : Sh. Kamleshwar Singh
Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Nenu Gupta

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 500000

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Nannaya Bhattaraka

About : 

• Vaalmiki is the first poet and his great epic the Ramayana is the first epic in Sanskrit. In Telugu the first poet is Nannaya and the first epic poem is the Mahabharatam in Telugu transcreation. Andhras most affectionately and reverently call Nannaya “Nannaya Bhattaraka”.
• Nannaya was the court poet of Raja Narendra (1019-1061 AD) who ruled Vengi kingdom in Andhra Desa prosperously from his capital city Rajamahendravaram (modern Rajamundry) in East Godavari district besides – Nannaya was his family priest too. He was the first among the ten court dignitaries. Further it says that ‘Purodhasa’ is well-versed in Mantra Sastra (Mystical incantations). He is Jitendriya (who conquers his senses), Krodha, Lobha varjia (rancourless and self-less) Neeti-vida (moralist), Sastrastra Chana (adept in martial arts), Vyuhabhyasakusala (master of war-science), Sapanugraha Samartha (competent to bless and curse) and so on. He is mightily enough to make the King even afraid of his wrath and competent to replace the king if he goes amoral and undemocratic by another from the King’s family. We need know that he is like Vasishta to Dasaratha in the Ramayana. He was personification of all righteous effulgence and repertory of all good and noble qualities. In the exordium of the Telugu Mahabharata we find many personal qualities of Nannaya but not even a fragment of information about his ancestry. But historians could some how excavate some details. Nannaya was the son of Bheemana Bhatta and Bheemana Bhatta was the family priest of Vimaladitya. Raja Raja succeeded Vimaladitya to the throne, and Nannaya succeeded to the priesthood. Nannaya was an unrivalled scholar in Vedas and Vedangas (prosody and grammar etc.). He was also a great scholar poet in eight languages. Nannaya made a deep study of inscriptional style of poetry and prose as well. With this rich background Nannaya with the help of Naryanabhatta pioneered his transcreation of the Mahabharata in Telugu. The great light that Nannaya lighted has been diffusing splendid brilliance in every house, nook and corner of Andhra Desa and it will continue to enlighten it for all time to come.
• Nannaya was a sage. He with his heart and soul wished all progress, awareness and enlightenment for his people. He was courageous and fully confident of his powers to bring the Mahabharata, known as the fifth Veda, into his people’s language without any reservations misconceptions and whims of any kind. His language is superbly, chaste and pleasant.
• Text : Based on the material received from proponent.
  

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Issued by India

Issued on Nov 1, 2017

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to issue three Commemorative Postage Stamps on Kavi Muddana, Adikavi Nannaya & Draksharamam Bhimeswara Temple.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure : Sh. Kamleshwar Singh
Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Nenu Gupta

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 550000

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Lakshmi Naaranappa

Born on 24 Jan, 1870 at Nandalike, Karkala taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India

Died on 15 Feb, 1901

About : 

• Kavi Muddana whose real name was Nandalike Lakshminarayaniah (1870-1901) is considered as the Harbinger of Renaissance in modern Kannada literature. He is called the Dawn Heralding Cock of Modern Kannada Literature by discerning critics. He heralded the new era of prose by claiming that poetic genre was dead and ‘prose was dear to human heart’ in his prose epic ‘Shree Ramashvamedham’.
• Muddana was born in Nandalike, a small historic village Karkalju in Udupi district in Karnataka on 24^th January, 1870. He passed away on 15^th February 1901. He was dejected, friendless, penny less and less known when he breathed his last in the small town of Udupi. He was suffering from tuberculosis which was a killing disease in those days. He was one of the best writers and scholars of his day; but unfortunately this was not acknowledged during his lifetime. To a great extent, he himself was responsible for this as he had submitted his great works for publication saying that he had found the manuscripts of works by a comparatively ancient poet called Muddana in the possession of some unknown people. Reason for this impersonation is believed to be his fear that the publishers might reject the manuscripts written by a ‘drill master’. However after his death, great tribute was paid by the Kannada literary world to this luckless master poet. After the death of Nandalike Lakshminarayaniah the admirers and the general public of the Udupi district gradually began to realise that Muddana was none other than Nandalike himself.
• Muddana has written three modern epics called ‘Shree Ramashvamedham’, ‘Adbhuta Ramayanam’ and ‘Shree Rama Pattabhishekam’. He was also a Yakshagana poet, i.e., one who composes plays in poetry for the typical theatre called Yakshagana of coastal Karnataka. His works ‘Rathnavathi Kalyana’ and ‘Kumara Vijaya’ are considered unparalleled Yakshagana poetic works. Apart from these works Muddana had edited and composed traditional songs to be sung on different occasions. He is said to have half finished a modern novel and was compiling an encyclopedia at the time of his death. His relatives who believed that his death was due to his excessive studies, angrily burnt all his unpublished manuscripts after his death. Nevertheless whatever remains today is enough to place Muddana as one of the all time greats of Kannada literature.
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Issued by India

Issued on Sep 10, 2015

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to release a commemorative postage stamp on the 10^th World Hindi Conference, 2015.

Design : In order to select a suitable logo for the 10^th World Hindi Conference, a logo design competition was organized by the Ministry of External Affairs carrying a prize amount of Rs. 50,000/-. With the help of the Logo Selection Committee, a suitable logo for Conference was selected. The stamp design is based on the logo of the 10^th World Hindi Conference.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.51 Million (10 Thousand for the proponent)

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• The tradition of the World Hindi Conferences began with the first conference having been organized in Nagpur in 1975. Since then, these conferences have achieved a global profile and momentum of their own. The subsequent nine World Hindi Conferences were organized in different world cities, namely, twice in Port Louis (Mauritius), twice in India, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), London (UK), Paramaribo (Suriname), New York (USA) and Johannesburg (South Africa). These Conferences have always attracted a galaxy of renowned scholars and followers of Hindi.
  
• The 10^th World Hindi Conference (WHC) is being organized from 10-12 September 2015 in the city of Bhopal by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in partnership with the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The Conference will be inaugurated by Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and people from across the world are expected to be part of this function. The decision to organize the 10^th edition of the Conference in India was taken at the 9^th World Hindi Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa in September, 2012.
  
• The theme for the first four such Conferences was Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam. The theme for the Fifth World Hindi Conference held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 04-08 April, 1996 was Apravaasi Bharateeya Aur Hindi. The Sixth World Hindi Conference was held in London, U.K. from 14-18 September, 1999 on the theme Hindi Aur Bhavee Peerhee. The theme for the Seventh World Hindi Conference held in Paramaribo, Suriname from 06-09 June, 2003 was Vishwa Hindi: Nai Shatabdi Ki Chunoutiyan. The Eighth World Hindi Conference was held in New York, America from 13-15 July, 2007 where the theme was Vishwa Manch Par Hindi. The theme for the Ninth World Hindi Conference was Bhasha ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh.
  
• During the 10^th World Hindi Conference deliberations on a series of contemporary issues and subjects, and, on ways of expanding the horizon and common use of Hindi in the areas of science and technology, Information Technology, Administration and foreign policy, law, media etc. are scheduled to take place. The main theme of the Conference is “Hindi Jagat: Vistar avm sambhavnai”. The conference would also have academic sessions running in parallel on identified themes.
  
• The venue of the Conference is “Lal Parade Ground”, Bhopal. The State Government of Madhya Pradesh is the local organizer for the Conference.
  
• During the Conference, there will be evening cultural programmes organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh. A Kavi Sammelan will also be organized during the event. The cultural programmes and the Kavi Sammelan will be coordinated by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
  
• A daily news letter (Sammelan Samachar), a Sammelan Smarika and a Conference Report on discussions held during the academic sessions and their recommendations would also be published. The daily Sammelan Samachar will be brought out by Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita avam Sanchar Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal while the Conference Report will be published by Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha. The Indian Council of Cultural Relations will bring out a special issue of “Gagananchal” dedicated to the Conference.
  
• In keeping with the past practice, Hindi scholars from India and other countries would be honoured for their distinguished service in the field of Hindi.
  
• Text : Based on the material provided by proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Jun 27, 2010

Issued for : India Post is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on World Classical Tamil Conference.

Credits :
Stamp, FDC & Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nasik

About : 

• Greek and Latin were the only languages initially considered to be classical languages. In the 19^th Century scholars like William Jones and Max Mueller published their translations of ancient Sanskrit literature and, with that, Sanskrit was elevated to the status of a classical language too. In 1816, noted scholar Ellis published his report and established that the Dravidian languages were different and distinct from Sanskrit and proved their separate antiquity and status. Government of India recognised Tamil as a classical language formally in 2004.
  
• Dr. Robert Caldwell in the later part of the 19^th Century had done detailed research and proclaimed to the world that Tamil, among the Dravidian languages, was equally ancient with a distinct diction and literature without the influence of Sanskrit.
  
• Even before Dr. Robert Caldwell, many Tamil scholars with proficiency in Sanskrit had stated the distinct features of the Tamil language. Madava Sivagnana Munivar of 18^th century AD was the first among them, who compared the diction and grammar of the Tamil and Sanskrit languages and his elaborate commentary on the prologue of the very ancient Tamil grammar Tholkappiyam deserves special mention. His research brought to light some of the features of Tamil. The morphophoneme rules, the technical terms, the implied verb, compound and other grammatical categories, the classification of words into rational and non rational categories, the classification of themes & some of the metres are a few of the unique features of the language.
  
• 26,350 lines of Sangam poetry promote Tamil to the rank of one of the classical languages of the world. Tamil can be justly proud of an indigenous literary theory of a very high standard including metrics and prosody, poetics and rhetoric. Sangam poetry reveals a perfect exposition of diction, distinct style, besides being complete in composition giving literary expression to an entire culture. Kamil. V. Zvelebil calls Sangam poetry a truly classical product and a classical literature. This view is endorsed by several scholars.
  
• In many languages such as Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Malay, Tamil words are often found. Professors T Burrow and MB Emneau had published their research work on the composition of Vedas which contains a lot of Tamil words in it. Kaatyayana who paraphrased Panini‘s grammar called Astadhyaayi and Patanjali said that they were seen to be proficient in Tamil as evidenced by their work. Commerce and culture were proved to have been greatly influenced by Tamils and their literature.
  
• Text : Based on the material provided by the proponent.

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