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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.. 👇👇👇👇 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 f

Born on 23rd August, Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, and chief minister of the Madras Presidency, who subsequently became the first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra). The Andhra Pradesh government issued G.O RT-2500 on 10 August 2014 declaring his birth anniversary a state festival. Andhra Kesari, a 9 feet high Statue in Parliament houses, was Unveiled by Kocheril Raman Narayanan, Presidents of India, on 5 May 2000. A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (23/ August/ 1998) The Golden Jubilee of the Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) a charitable organisation , providing youth hostel accommodation in India (YHAI) was established on 14/July/1949 when a group of educat

Today Madurai- Philatelist and Numismatist Association conducted monthly meeting through Virtual ( zoom app) Meeting started 11.00am  Welcome Address by Dr.M.Swamiappan, MAPNA President Cheif Guest: Mr.Jaganath Mani sir. He was given special speach about Olympic theme.  MAPNA Member C.Madhavan talk about his Philately Journey Vote of thanks by MAPNA student member Selvan Anbu s Chidambaram. Courtesy: Mr.Pratap Adtiya Today Madras Day: Madras Related stamps *TODAY* *Madras Day* A city deserves to celebrate its birthday. And Madras, that is Chennai certainly deserves it. So a small group of people who love this city launched a unique celebration in 2004. The founding day of Madras is considered to be August 22, 1639. It was on that day, in that year, that a sliver of land, where Fort. St. George stands today, was transacted by the East India Company. The deal was struck by Francis Day, his ‘dubash’ Beri Thimmappa, and their sup