New stamps from India

Swachh Bharat - Clean India

Date of Issue : 2 October 2016

Today on 2nd October 2016, India Post issued two commemorative stamps in the denomination of Rs 5 & Rs 25 and a Miniature sheet on Swachh Bharat ( Clean India).

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International Day of Non Violence

2 October - International Day of Non Violence

The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.

2nd October is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.Philatelic Tributes to the great leaders of india !

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. Shastri joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s
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Naturepex 2016 - Bhubaneshwar - Day 3

Special Cover and Stamp Booklet on Mahatma Gandhi released at Naturepex 2016 on 2nd October 2016 at Bhubaneshwar.

Naturepex  2016 : Award List

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Naturepex - 2016 , Bhubaneshwar - Award List

Awards List : Naturepex - 2016

National Philatelic Exhibition on Nature and Environment organised by Eastern India Philatelists’ Association, Bhubaneswar with the support of Department of Posts.

Venue: KiiT International School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Dates: 30th September to 2nd October 2016.

A.Srinivasan , Anand  Maruti Kakad, Mayurika Shah,

Jeevan Jyoti , Avipsa Biswal & Shubhrajyoti Behra 

Sr. No.	Name	Frame No.	Title of Exhibits	Marks	Special Prize
Gold Medals
1	A Srinivasan	189 to 192	The Humble Banana's Extraordinary Story	91	Baroda Philatelic Society Award
2	Anand Maruti Kakad	129 to 133	Birds Of the Pheasant family	90
3	Mayurika G. Shah	111 to 115	Pea Fowl- The Oldest Known Ornamental bird	90
Silver Medals
1	Om Prakash  Jagati	66 to 70	Life Without Me	87
2	Ilyas Ahmed  Patel	61 to 65	Water-An Essential element For Life	85
3	M.V.S.  Prasad	237 to 241	The Story Of Reptiles	85
4	Anup Kumar  Raut	298 to 302	Raptors of The world	83
5	Manoj Kumar  Mohapatra	168 to 172	Two Lives To live	81
6	Avipsa  Biswal	374 to 376	Pigeons and Doves, Symbolic Representation	81	GPA Award
7	George  Sebastian	74 to 78	The Sun-Myths And Manifestations	80
8	Biraj Laxmi  Mohanty	134 to 138	Raptors of The world	80
9	Vidhya Manohar  Thakre	152 to 156	Fishing- Away of Life	80
10	Arun Kumar Behera	198 to 202	The Elephant	80
11	Biswanath  Mishra	217 to 211	The life in thr speed	80
12	Sasmita  Raut	288 to 292	The World of Birds	80
13	Shubhrajyoti  Behera	398 to 400	Wonders of Nature- Conserve it or lose it	80	Dr. D. N. Rath Memorial Award
14	Pramod Kumar  Saraf	101 to 105	Feathered Wonders	77
15	Manohar Rao  Thakre	157 to 161	Fishing-We way not be knowing	77
16	Jatin Trivedi	162 to 164	Turtle:The Winner is Loosing	76
17	Ajit Kumar  Raut	308 to 312	Aquatic Aves	76
18	Ayushmaan  Sinha	336 to 337	Kingfisher	76
19	Vinod Kumar Sabharwal	88 to 92	Himalayas The Eternal	75
20	Debiprasad  Mondal	96 to 100	Antarctica	75
21	Eeshita Basu  Roy	184 to 188	Orchidaceae - The orchid Family	75
22	Debansu  Saha	203 to 205	Tiger- The most endangered Species	75
23	Pradip  Mohanty	293 to 297	Bills	75
24	Ramprakash  Mahurkar	356 to 358	Lepi-Phila Butterflies on Stamps	75
25	Aurosrit  Mishra	364 to 365	Alarming Call Ice Crystal is Drifting	75
26	Subhasish  Tripathy	404 to 406	World Of Waterfalls	75
Bronze Medals
1	Ruchira  Karnik	139 to 141	Water Birds	72
2	Ajit Kumar  Panda	193 to 197	Pachyderm-The conservator of Nature	72
3	Chandra Sekhar Basak	284 to 287	Butterflies	71
4	Kiran Kumar Patra	19 to 21	Feel The Heat At Naturepex	70
5	Hari Bandhu  Ojha	106 to 110	We're The Unlucky Ones	70
6	R.D. Mathkar	116 to 120	Birds Those high Flying Avians Aquatic Birds	70
7	Vijayprakash Kaluram  Agrawal	124 to 128	Fish Catching Bird	70
8	Ajit Kumar  Behera	271 to 275	Conservation of Wild Life	70
9	Ansit  Mishra	362 to 363	Giants of the deep	70
10	Saibatanu  Mishra	341 to 342	Nature's Majesty	68
11	Manash Chakrabarty	407 to 410	The Nature	68
12	Rajnish L Karnik	142 to 146	Sea Shells	67
13	Manoranjan  Mohanty	231 to 233	Snake The Nature Conservancy	67
14	Shail Timir  Shah	401 to 403	Utility Of Plants	67
15	Meena Abhaya Mutha	16 to 18	Law of nature	66
16	Ratnamayee  Mishra	22 to 24	Amazing member of  Biodiversity	66
17	Soumyayan  Roy	25 to 27	Anthropogenic Intervention for the consevation of biodiversity	66
18	Nripes Ananda  Das	121 to 123	Birds of Our Paradise	66
19	Upasana  Patra	165 to 167	Aquatic To avian	66
20	S.B. Basu	181 to 180	The World of Cactus	66
21	Bhavana K. Baglodi	249 to 251	Nature's Bounty Bountiful on Greeting post	66
22	Dillip Kumar  Panda	303 to 307	Wings of Nature	66
23	Shishir V. Halkunde	49 to 51	Energy And Its Conservation	65
24	Debasish  Roy	58 to 60	A small step towards the saving of our mother earth	65
25	Gurudatta  Panda	71 to 73	Water a Key Driving force	65
26	Akshyaya Kumar Nayak	176 to 180	Tiny flower That speaks	65
27	Ravindra Vasant  Wamanacharya	263 to 265	Call of wild	65
28	Meera  Biswal	266 to 270	Natural World of Australia	65
29	Antaryami  Puhan	343 to 344	The Wild Bovids	65
30	V.S.Rajeni  Annamalai	345 to 347	Endangered Species	65
31	Ujagar Pratap Singh	348 to 349	I love Nature	65
32	Sohini Hazra	359 to 361	Save Tigers and Cat family	65
33	B. Krishnamurthi	366 to 367	Birds	65
34	Sandeep Kumar  Gupta	386 to 388	Bio-Diversity	65
35	Subha  Bandyopadhayay	411 to 412	Vibrant Nature	65
36	Satyananda  Rath	44 to 48	Save Our Earth	64
37	Sasmita Nayak	255 to 259	Beauties Of Nature	62
38	N. Abilashini	368 to 370	Nature God's Gift	62
39	Kankan Biswas	377 to 379	A Vision of Beauty	62
40	Subhabrata  Basu	85 to 87	Flora & Fauna-Our natural Heritage	61
41	Barna Sengupta	93 to 95	Beauty Of Nature	60
42	Ashok  Kumar	173 to 175	Butterflies	60
43	Anita  Karan	234 to 236	First Hand Ecstasy	60
44	Suvarna  Singh	245 to 248	The Stamp Zoo	60
45	Durgadutta  Routray	313 to 316	Primates	60
46	Sumit Priyadarshi  Sahu	354 to 355	We Exist Due to Nature	60
47	V.S. Nirupama	371 to 373	World of Insects	60
48	Mukesh  Behara	392 to 393	Basketful of Love with Nature	60
49	Satyabrata  Behera	417 to 418	Aquatic and Botanica	60
50	AGKM High  School	439 to 441	Nature (Flora and Fauna)	60	S. C. Mohanty Memorial Award
51	Ambika Prasad Pattnayak	445 to 447	Teaching Children Through Nature	60
52	N. Kalyani	Literature	India's Wildlife Protected Areas- A Philatelic Journey	60
Diploma
1	Sanat Kumar  Bandyopadhyay	33 to 37	Biophila On Philately	58
2	Suman  Deb	52 to 54	Save Our Nature From Destruction	58
3	Ashwini Amit Manjure	79 to 81	Flora and Fauna in the Land of Happiness - Bhutan	58
4	Swatismita Patro	396 to 397	Adorable smiles of nature	57
5	Pulak Kumar Sethy	41 to 43	Flora & Fauna-Our Nature	56
6	Vansitha  Agrawal	394 to 395	Eco Friendly Gifts	55
7	Bhumika  Das	415 to 416	Nature Brings Smiles	55
8	KiiT International  School	436 to 438	Nature Kaleidoscope	55
9	Suprava  Sahu	222 to 224	Bruno And Kitty	54
10	Simona  Sanjibita	242 to 244	Love	54
11	Sneha  Rout	338 to 340	Birds of The Himalayas	53
12	Saswata Kumar Sethy	82 to 84	The Phenomena of Nature	52
One Frame Exhibits
Sr. No.	Name	Frame No.	Title of Exhibits	Marks	Special Prize
1	Jeevan  Jyoti	330	Rainbow	72	GPA Award
2	Shanti Swarup  Rath	448	Count Down To Extinction	70
3	Moumita Sinha	323	Postage  Petals : Orchid	70
4	Ajay Srivastav	331	Climate Change	70
5	Ankita  Ojha	320	Changing Bird Atlas	65
6	Sandeep Chaurasia	324	Animals And Their Habitats	65
7	Dinesh Chandra Sharma	327	Birds in our Life	65
8	Rohit Ajit  Vartak	328	Nature's Treasure - Minerals.	65
9		419	The Messenger With The Message	62
10	A. Nagendra  Nayak	318	Global Warming	60
11	Pallavi  Saraf	319	Kingfisher the Fishes Nightmare	60
12	Ramakanta  Sharma	326	Migratory Birds	60
13	K.C. Gupta	329	Elephant: The Mega Gardeners of forest	60
14	Gopal Krishna  Das	332	Birds: Paradise Of Nature	60
15	Kedia Om Prakash	333	Renewable Energy Sources	60
16	Shreejeeta  Das	422	Awareness of Nature	60
17	Rishi Kamlesh  Shah	430	Wild Cats On Maxim Cards	60
18	Madhusmita  Panda	334	Nature- Cure US	58
19	S. H. Ruchitha	426	Butterfly - The Winged Beauty	56
20	Rahul  Ganguli	317	Our Mother Earth	55
21	S Manjunath	321	Water Birds	55
22	Jayant S. Ghuman	322	Forest & Timber Inds	55
23	Kavyanjali  Karan	420	Bio-Diversity	55
24	Adwaita  Hota	425	The Beautiful Birds of Nature	55
25	Kishore K. Baglodi	335	Water Management On Meghdoot Cards.	51
26	Hrishita Himalika	423	Nature of India	50
27	Vikas. M	424	Perching Birds	50
28	Debabrata   Jena	427	Creation Of Nature	50
29		433	Animals	50
30	Shah Hetvi  Jigneshbhai	434	Asian Countries	50

Jury Members: (1) Shri Rajesh Kumar Bagri, (2) Shri Rameshwar Das Binani, (3) Shri Dhananjay Desai (4) Shri Prashant H. Pandya (5) Shri P. K. Bisoi, Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad.

Courtesy - Prashant Pandy
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Naturepex - 2016 , Bhubaneshwar - Day 2

Special Cover -  Naturepex 2016 - 1 October 2016

A Special Cover on the painting on nature made by a student Santosh Naik released by Mrs. Saswati Bal, President KISS & KIIT and Shri Bijoyshree Rouutray, Revenue Minister and President of EIPA at Naturepex 2016, Bhubaneshwar on 1st October. Santosh Naik was also felicitated at the function.

Horse carried cover

Horse carried cover released at Naturepex 2016 on 1st October 2016 at Bhubaneshwar.

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Naturepex - 2016, Bhubaneshwar - Day 1

Naturepex 2016 inaugurated at Bhubaneshwar by H.E. Dr. S. C. Jamir, Hon. Governor of Odisha - 30th September.

A Special Cover  on Chilaka Lake was released at Naturepex 2016.

Odishi Dance performance at Naturepex 2016 philatelic exhibition , Bhubaneshwar.

Courtesy - Prashant Pandya