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Test tubes and arrows against a band of colours, on the left, and a great banyan tree on the right, with the words “75th Session of the Indian Science Congress Association” in Hindi and English, on a ₹4 stamp.
The Indian Science Congress
India Post issued this ₹4 stamp on 7 January 1988. The idea of an association of Indian scientists was first put forward in 1910 by two British chemists, J. L. Simonsen and P. S. MacMahon, and it won the support of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and Sir P. C. Ray. The first session met at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta from 15 to 17 January 1914, with Sir Asutosh as President; 105 scientists took part and 35 papers were read.
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