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Asian Games – Arjuna Shooting Arrow at Fish, 1982 stamp

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Commemorative Stamp
6 November 1982

Asian Games – Arjuna Shooting Arrow at Fish

Arjuna’s arrow, for the Asian Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue November 6, 1982

Denomination Rs. 1

Quantity printed 3000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 14

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit A. Ramachandran

Catalogue codes Michel IN 924 Stamp Number IN 993A Yvert et Tellier IN 736 Stanley Gibbons IN 1059

Themes Animals (Fauna), Archery, Fishes, Sports

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On the Stamp

Arjuna drawing his bow at a fish above, while looking down at its reflection in a pool, with Draupadi watching from the right, with the Games emblem and the words “IX Asian Games Delhi 1982” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

Arjuna’s Arrow

India Post issued this ₹1 stamp on 6 November 1982, as the fifth issue for the IX Asian Games at Delhi. It shows the scene from the Mahabharata in which Arjuna wins Draupadi: looking only at its reflection in a pool, he shoots the eye of a fish turning above. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.