New Special Covers

42nd Death Anniversary of K.C Reddy - First Chief Minister of Karnataka 

KYASAMBALLY CHENGALARAYA REDDY, Gandhian & First Chief Minister of Karnataka State from 24/10/1947 to 30/3/1952, grew up under the leadership of Annie Besant 1918-1926. He secured 4th rank in SSLC, Mysore State and Raja Ramaswami Mudaliar Gold medal in BA from Madras University in 1924. In 1937 K.C.Reddy was jailed for the first time after joining Congress party. In 1946-1947 he was President of Congress party. K.C.Reddy Declared "MYSORE CHALO", Padayatra from Bangalore to Mysore on 1st September 1947 which protest lasted for 42 days. Under the able leadership of K.C.Reddy the monarchy of Princely Mysore State ended on 12th October 1947. Sri K.C.Reddy became the Chief Minister and then Bangalore became the capital city under the leadership of K.C.Reddy. The idea & plan of Vidhana Soudha was started in 1948 by KC.Reddy. On 13th July 1951 Nehruji was invited to lay the foundation of Vidhana Soudha. K.C.Reddy was Rajya Sabha Member from 1952-1957, Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce, Industries and Production in Nehru Cabinet, was member of Lok Sabha from 1957-1961 and Cabinet Minister for PWD, Housing and Civil Supplies. During his tenure, Iron and Steel 

Industries at Orissa-Rourkhela, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, etc., were established. He played a major role in the establishment of Mount Carmel College, HMT, BHEL, BEML, ITI, CFTRI, Kasthuri Gandhi Children Centre, Food Nutrition Department, Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi, Rajghat, Mahatma Hydroelectric Power, Mysore Public Service Commission (KPSC), Karnataka Bhavan at Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, etc., He served as Member of Lok Sabha from 1961-1964. He was President of Indian Delegation at the Geneva GATT Conference in 1961 He was Deputy Opposition Leader from 1964-1965 and Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 1965-1971 (twice). This special cover is released as a tribute on his 42nd Death Anniversary.

Special covers from Kolkata  released in December 2017

Sanmarg

Sanmarg, the largest read Hindi Daily from Eastern India has transversed 7 decades of unparallel journalism and is celebrating its 25000 edition on 10th December 2017. 

Having started in Varanasi, Sanmarg arrived in kolkata in April 1948, under the able aegis of the founder editor the Late Ram Awatar Gupta, Sanmarg soon became the No 1 Hindi Daily from the East. Even today Sanmarg adheres to its principle of uncompromising journalism and to uphold values of humanity. 

Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio, popularly known as HAM Radio, is a scientific hobby of wireless communication. It is a hobby of self training, intercommunication and investigation in worldwide radio communications by means of private two-way radio conducted by duly authorised person without any pecuniary interest. This hobby has been in existence right from the days when Acharya Jagadish chandra Bose demonstrated to the unbelieving world that it was possible to instantaneously send a message from one place to another without the use of wires and thus was born "wireless" communication that we take for granted today. 

For more details on Amateur Radio please visit www.hamconvention.net 

- Suresh.R

Bengaluru