The World Philately News Dt: 24.08.2021

- August 24, 2021

Three days philately event @ Southern Railway HQ Building, Chennai

The solo exhibits of 11 frames displayed by Mr Sreedharan, a LM of SIPA on 'Freedom Struggle & Freedom Fighters' was well received.

The exhibition was inaugurated by General Manager of Southern Railway Mr John Thomas.

Few images..

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Courtesy Mr Mahesh B Parekh

.*Shivaram Hari Rajguru,* born on 24 August 1908, was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer. On 23 March 1931 he was hanged by the British government along with Bhagat Singh.

Courtesy Mr Mahesh B Parekh

On 24 August 1690, *Job Charnock* of the East India Company established a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).

Courtesy Mr Rajeev Kholi

A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (24/August/1990) the Birth Centenary of Kerala Gandhi and Founder President of Nair Service Society and Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, Koyapalli Kelappan Nair ( 24/August/ 1889 , Muchukunn -- 07/October/1971 , Kozhikode ) Known for Indian Politician, Independence activist educationist and journalist.He was lead figure of Indian National Congress in Kerala . After Indian independence he had various seats in Gandhian organizations.

Courtesy Mr Bibhuti Mohan Mohanty

Varahagiri Venkata Giri (10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980) was the fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He was the only president to be elected as an independent candidate. After the end of his full term, Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975.

Giri was closely associated with the labour and trade union movement in India throughout his career. Giri was a founding member of the All India Railwaymen's Federation which was formed in 1923 and served as its general secretary for over a decade. He was elected president of the All India Trade Union Congress for the first time in 1926. Giri also founded the Bengal Nagpur Railway Association and in 1928 led the workers of the Bengal Nagpur Railway in a non violent strike for the rights of retrenched workers. The strike succeeded in forcing the British Indian government and the management of the railway company to concede the workers' demands and is regarded as a milestone in the labour movement in India.

courtesy : Mr C.G.Baskar, SIPA.

Ashoka also known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.

A grandson of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia.

Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.

courtesy : Mr C.G.Baskar, SIPA.