*National Sports Day*
On National Sports Day, *Olymphila India Team* salute all our sportsperson and our sports Philatelist who have been making India proud through their passion & hard-work.
*Olymphila India Team*
Courtesy: Mr Jagannath Mani sir from Bangalore.
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Indian Hockey Legend
"DHYAN CHAND"
ЁЯМ╣Birth AnniversaryЁЯМ╣
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Courtesy: Mr.Joseph
ЁЯПСThe “National Sports Day (Rashtriya Khel Divas)” is observed every year across India on 29th August to mark the birth anniversary of one of the greatest sports legends – Hockey King Shri Dhyan Chand Singh (born on 29th August 1905 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh).
Officially known as ‘Major Dhyan Chand’ and often referred to as “The Hockey Wizard” for his incredible hockey skills and extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning 3 Olympic gold medals for India in field hockey in 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (Los Angeles) and 1936 (Berlin).ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯПСЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│
# This special cover is released to mark “National Sports Day 29.08.2017 Bangluru.
# Sports Day - Major Dhyan Chand Birth Anniversary 29.08.2019 Allahabad.
Courtesy: Pratap ji
Some Philatelist Participated One sheet Virtual Philately Exhibition, conducted by American Topical Association. All participants received certificate from APA.
*Telugu Language Day*
*Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy,* born on 29 August 1863, was a Telugu writer and one of the earliest modern Telugu linguists and social visionaries during the British rule. He championed the cause of using a language comprehensible to the common man (‘Vyavaharika Bhasha’) as opposed to the scholastic language (‘Grandhika Bhasha’).
Courtesy : Mr.Rajeev Kholi
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Hussain Ahmad Madani (6 October 1879 – 5 December 1957) was an Islamic scholar, serving as the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1954.
Madani played a key role in cementing the Congress-Khilafat Pact in the 1920s and prepared the ground for the cooperation of the Indian Ulama with the Indian National Congress.
He advocated for a united country, in opposition to the partition of India.
Old sweet memorable Photo
Former CPMG Maharashtra Sri Pradipta Ku. Bisoi was given the big size Sachin stamp Photo frame to Mr Sachin Tendulkar.
*Madhav Shrihari Aney,* born on 29 August 1880, was an ardent educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of _"Loknayak Bapuji",_ which means _"The People's Leader and Respected Father"._ He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar, Kakasaheb Khadilkar, Gangadhar Deshpande, Dr B S Munje, Abhyankar, T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi, who walked in the footsteps of Tilak. Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall. At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty. He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned against excessive wooing of Muslims at the cost of national interests. He regarded unity at any price as elusive and dangerous. Since the best safeguard for the minority was the goodwill of the majority. He never permitted his critical faculties to be blurred by emotion. Mahatma Gandhi admiring his calm logic, confined in him and often sought his counsel. He was chosen to arbitrate the disputes between Subhash Chandra Bose and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta. He was never a breaker or a destroyer but was always a cementing factor believing in synthesis and not in segregation.
Courtesy Mr Rajeev Kholi
*Kazi Nazrul Islam,* passed away on 29 August 1976, was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, anti-colonial revolutionary and the national poet of Bangladesh. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of poetry and music with themes that included religious devotion and rebellion against oppression. Nazrul's activism for political and social justice earned him the title of "Rebel Poet". His compositions form the avant-garde genre of Nazrul Sangeet (Music of Nazrul).
Courtesy Mr Rajeev Kholi
On 29 August 1869, The *Mount Washington Cog Railway opened,* making it the *world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.*
The *Mount Washington Cog Railway,* is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway is still in operation, climbing Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Marsh rack system and both steam and biodiesel-powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain. Its track is built to a 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) gauge, which is technically a narrow gauge, as it is 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) less than a 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.
A *rack railway* is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail. This allows the trains to operate on steep grades above 10%, which is the maximum for friction-based rail. Most rack railways are mountain railways, although a few are transit railways or tramways built to overcome a steep gradient in an urban environment.
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