Commemorative Issue – India Post INDIPEX 2011 and Special Stamp Series To mark INDIPEX 2011 – the World Philatelic Exhibition, held at New Delhi from 12 to 18 February 2011, India Post released a special series of postage stamps. The series was issued in three distinct sets: The First Airmail Flight – A Historic Beginning A landmark moment in […]
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Commemorative Issue – India Post INDIPEX 2011 and Special Stamp Series To mark INDIPEX 2011 – the World Philatelic Exhibition, held at New Delhi from 12 to 18 February 2011, India Post released a special series of postage stamps. The series was issued in three distinct sets: The First Airmail Flight – A Historic Beginning A landmark moment in […]
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Commemorative Issue – India Post INDIPEX 2011 and Special Stamp Series To mark INDIPEX 2011 – the World Philatelic Exhibition, held at New Delhi from 12 to 18 February 2011, India Post released a special series of postage stamps. The series was issued in three distinct sets: The First Airmail Flight – A Historic Beginning A landmark moment in […]
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Legendary Heroine of Indian Cinema Early Life and Background Leela Naidu was born in 1940 in Mumbai, India, into a distinguished and intellectually accomplished family. Her father, Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu, was a renowned nuclear physicist from Andhra Pradesh, while her mother, Dr. Marthe Naidu, was an Indologist of Swiss-French origin. This unique cultural and […]
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‘Mahanati’ of Telugu and Tamil Cinema Birth and Early Life Savithri was born on 4 January 1936 at Chirravuru, in Guntur district, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh). Born into a wealthy family, she displayed exceptional artistic talent from an early age. She received formal training in music and dance under Sista Purnayya […]
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Legendary Heroine of Indian Cinema Early Life and Family Background Nutan Samarth was born on 4 June 1936 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, into a family deeply rooted in Indian cinema. She was introduced to films at an early age by her mother, the celebrated actress and filmmaker Shobhana Samarth, making her debut in ‘Hamari Beti’. […]
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The Tragedy Queen of Indian Cinema Early Life and Background Meena Kumari, born Mahajabeen, was born on 1 August 1933 at Meetawala Chawl, Dadar East, in the Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, India). She was one of the daughters of Ali Bux, a Parsee theatre actor, singer and music teacher, and Iqbal Begum, a […]
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The First Star of Bengali Cinema Early Life and Entry into Films Kanan Devi, born as Kananbala, was born on 22 April 1916 at Howrah, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India). She began her career as a child actress, making her debut in the film ‘Joydev’. Early in her career, she worked under contract […]
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The First Lady of Indian Cinema Early Life and Education Devika Rani was born on 30 March 1908 at Visakhapatnam, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh). She was the daughter of Colonel Choudhury, the Surgeon-General of Madras, and the grandniece of Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s greatest literary figures. Exceptionally accomplished, she pursued higher studies […]
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Poet, Philosopher and Universal Humanist Birth and Family Background Rabindranath Tagore, the fourteenth child of Maharshi Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, was born on 7 May 1861 at Jorasanko, Kolkata. From an early age, he displayed extraordinary creative abilities that would later place him among the greatest cultural figures of the modern world. Education and […]
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