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Gandhi bending to touch foreheads with a small child, with the emblem of the year and the words “Happy Child – Nation’s Pride” and “International Year of the Child” in Hindi and English, on a 25 paise stamp.
Gandhi and a Child
India Post issued two stamps in March 1979 for the International Year of the Child, proclaimed by the United Nations with India’s support. India’s slogan for the year was “Happy Child – Nation’s Pride”, in Hindi “Bacche ki Muskan – Rashtra ki Shaan”, and its national plan took as its theme “Reaching the Deprived Child”. The 25 paise stamp uses a photograph of Gandhi with a child, by permission of Kanu Gandhi.
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