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On the Stamp
A nurse exercising the legs of a small child crippled by polio, beneath a lamp, with the words “Bal Din” in Hindi and the date 14-11-58, on a 15 naye paise stamp.
Children’s Day 1958
India Post has issued a stamp for Children’s Day, 14 November, every year since 1957. The stamp of 1958 shows a nurse giving exercises to a child disabled by polio, a disease that then crippled thousands of Indian children every year, and a reminder of the care and treatment that could help them walk again.
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