The world Philately News Dt 09.08.2021
A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (09/August/1993) Khan Abdul Gafur Khan (06/February/1890 - 20/January/1988) was an independent activist.He was a Political and Spiritual leader known a for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism / He is one of the tallest freedom fighter, not only shee physical height but also in his contribution and sacrifices. He dedicated his life for the betterment of his fellow country men and hugely inspired the the Muslim of the north -west frontier to fellow the Gandhian values of non - violence and non-possession. He was described as the "Frontier-Gandhi ( Simanta Gandhi)
Khan Abdul Gafur Khan attend the Karachi congress of 1931.He was arrested along with his elder brother Dr.Khan Saheb in 1931 and jailed in the Hazaribagh jail of Bihar.Gaffar Khan was saddest man among his compatriots.He spent the major part of the rest of his life in Pakistan jails. He was honoured with the Award of Bharat Ratna in 1987.He was a citizen of the world / who embodied the best in Indian culture, Hero.
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1936 Berlin
He won four gold medals at the Olympics
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New history was written.
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Mahadev Desai (1 January 1892 – 15 August 1942) was an Indian independence activist and writer best remembered as Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary. He has variously been described as "Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Gandhi's Buddha".
He was Gandhi's personal secretary for 25 years, but as Verrier Elwin wrote of him, "he was much more than that. He was in fact Home and Foreign Secretary combined. He managed everything. He made all the arrangements. He was equally at home in the office, the guest-house and the kitchen. He looked after many guests and must have saved 10 years of Gandhi's life by diverting from him unwanted visitors".
Rajmohan Gandhi writes of Mahadev Desai thus: "Waking up before Gandhi in pre-dawn darkness, and going to sleep long after his Master, Desai lived Gandhi's day thrice over — first in an attempt to anticipate it, next in spending it alongside Gandhi, and finally in recording it into his diary".
Desai's final prison term followed the Quit India Declaration of 8 August 1942. He was arrested on the morning of 9 August 1942 and, till his death of a massive heart-attack six days later, was interred with Gandhi at the Aga Khan Palace. Desai was 50 at the time of his death.
Madeleine Slade P. V. (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi.
She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles.
Mirabehn's stay in India coincided with the zenith Gandhian phase of the freedom struggle. She accompanied Gandhi and others to the Round Table Conference in London in 1931.
After Independence, she established the Pashulok Ashram near Rishikesh and a settlement named Bapu Gram and the Gopal Ashram in Bhilangana in 1952. She took to dairying and farming experiments in these ashrams and also spent a while in Kashmir.
She returned to England in 1959. In 1960, she relocated to Austria and spent twenty-two years in small villages in the Vienna Woods (Baden, Hinterbr├╝hl, Kracking), where she died in 1982.
She was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1981
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Respectful Homages to Sri Dhirubhai Mehta ji on his first death anniversary....ЁЯЩПЁЯП╗ЁЯТР
He is known as Grand old man of Indian Philately and former President of the Philatelic Congress of India. He won many international awards for his exhibits and served as member of jury and National commissioner in many international Philatelic exhibitions. He will always be remembered for his great services to Indian Philately...ЁЯЩПЁЯП╗
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