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India’s emblem for the year, a boy and a girl with a sun on a slate, within a wreath, with the words “Happy Child – Nation’s Pride” and “International Year of the Child” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.
The Indian Emblem
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 emblem shows a boy and a girl with a sun and a slate, the slate standing for the importance of education for the future of children.
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