History through Philately, This day That year (07.07.2021)

July 07 - Punyarhithi of Captain Vikram Batra PVC (P)

Captain Vikram Batra Commander Delta Company 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles attained martyrdom on this day while valiantly fighting the enemy troops during Operation Vijay in Kargil War 1999

He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously on August 15 1999 for displaying exemplary courage and supreme sacrifice 

# Army Postal Servce Cover issued for Reunion of  Jammu and Kashmir  Rifles on  November 16, 2018 features Captain Vikram Batra

# 2 Army Postal Service cover on 8 Mountain Division issued on July 26 2019 for the 10th anniversary of Kargil Vijay  Diwas features Captain Vikram Batra and  the 3  PVC awardees of 1999

An OPE collected and compiled by Dr. M.K.Sudhakar MD Philatelic Hobbyist and Life Member SIPA Chennai 

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Courtesy : Dr M.K.Sudhakar. 

Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale (née Jadhav; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai or Jijau, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. 

She taught Shivaji about swarajya and raised him to be a great warrior.

Courtesy: Mr.Baskaran , Chennai.

Today, 7th July is the birth of famous  music  composer,  Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911). He was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect, which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century. In 2016, a BBC Music Magazine survey of 151 conductors ranked three of his symphonies in the top ten symphonies of all time.

This stamp, issued on 7th July 2010, was  to commemorate  INAS 300, formed in July 1960 to operate British Hawker Sea Hawks, which were used for operations from   the then newly acquired Light Air craft Carrier, INS Vikrant, which naval ship  became fully operational in 1961 . INAS 300 later upgraded to BAe Sea Harrier VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) fighter bombers in December 1983, for use on INS Viraat (the ex-British carrier HMS Hermes), and finally, in 2016, INAS 300 upgrades once again to operate the Russian Mikoyan MIG 29K VTOL fighter bombers based on our latest operatin gAircraft Carrier, INS Vikramaditya. A most well  deserved honour for a veteran Naval Air  squadron that  has remained in service right from the day it required to train and  get ready  to operate even before  our first  Aircraft Carrier was fully  commissioned. This squadron is also known by the name "White Tigers". Jai Hind!

Courtesy: Mr.Abijith, Chennai

On 7 July 1896, *Indian Cinema was Born.*

On 7 July 1896, the *Lumiere Brothers* showcased six films at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai (then Bombay) and this marked the birth of Indian cinema as we know it today. 

The *Lumiere brothers* were French Cinematographers who arrived in India after having proved their cinematic excellence in Paris. The screening of the films took place on 7 July 1896 at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai and the ticket was priced at Re.1. The Times of India referred to this event as the _“miracle of the century”._ The show received an overwhelming response and motion pictures were soon introduced to India, in Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras).

*R. Srinivasan,* born on 7 July 1859, was a Scheduled Caste activist and politician from the then Madras Presidency of British India (now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu). He was a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, remembered today as one of the pioneers of the scheduled caste movement in India.

On 7 July 1943, *Rasbehari Bose* handed over the command of *'Azad Hind Fauz'* to *Netaji Subhashchandra Bose* at Singapore.

*Rash Behari Bose,* was an Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj. He was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and later the Indian National Army. Rash Behari Bose handed over Indian National Army to Subhas Chandra Bose.