Today’s history, November 21: The first postage stamp of independent India ‘Jai Hind’ released, cost three and a half annas
New Delhi. After the country got independence on August 15, 1947, the government of independent India issued its first postal stamp on this day, the price of which was fixed at three and a half annas. Issued in the name of ‘Jai Hind’, this postage stamp had a picture of the tricolor waving in the middle, while its price in English ie three and a half anna was marked on the left.
‘India’ was written just below the tricolor and 15 August 1947 was inscribed next to the tricolor. It was a small piece of paper of blue color to be called a postage stamp, but in fact it was the first signature of independent India on the pages of history, proclaiming the victory of India’s independence in front of the whole world. If we talk about other events of November 21, Anandiben Patel, the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat, was also born on this day.
1517 : Sikandar Lodhi II, ruler of Delhi, passed away.
1872 : Birth of poet and freedom fighter Kesari Singh Barhat.
1921 : The Prince of Wales (later known as King Edward VIII) arrived in Bombay and the Indian National Congress called for a nationwide hartal.
1941 : Anandiben Patel, the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
1947 : After independence, the first Indian postage stamp ‘Jai Hind’ was issued, worth three and a half annas.
1962 : China announced a ceasefire in the India-China border dispute.
1963 : India’s space program begins with the launch of the first rocket from Kerala’s Thumba region.
1970 : Indian physicist CV Raman passed away.
2005 : Ratnasiri Wickremesinghe became the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the second time.
2019 : Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the third time.
2019 : Sweden’s 17-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for her fight against climate change.
2021 : Famous Punjabi singer Gurmeet Bawa passed away at the age of 77.
2021 : India’s para-badminton player Sukant Kadam won a gold medal, while Pramod Bhagat won three silver medals at the Uganda Badminton International tournament.
