France's La Poste honours Mahatma Gandhi with postage stamps on 150th

A special stamp was released by French postal company 'La Poste' as an hour for Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday. Indian Embassy partnered with firm in order to launch post stamp which has im.

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Tribute in France

Indian Embassy held multiple activities in order to celebrate occasion and pay tributes to Gandhi. In multiple tweets, Embassy also mentioned that y h organised various cultural events like Gandhi Bhajans, Kathak dance on Gandhi Bhajans, a puppet show along with Khi and book exhibitions to commemorate  150th anniversary of Gandhi. Bhavana Pryumna, a Carnatic vocalist, who is also President of  Carnatic Conservatory of Paris presented a medley of bhajans close to Gandhi. She performed with her students, who were of various nationalities.

Embassy also planted an apple tree at Letvet, a region in France. tree was planted along with Mayor of Levet, who also installed a plaque in hour of Gandhi. Indo-French community came toger in memory of Gandhi and a citizen put a garland around statue of Gandhi. 

Various stamps have been issued recently in hour of Mahatma Gandhi. Indian High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria collaborated with  Nigeria Postal Service to release a stamp to commemorative Gandhi. stamp was released jointly by Abhay Thakur, High Commissioner of India, and Loretto Nwakama, Chief Operating Officer of Nigerian Postal Service in presence of Ngozi O. Ogujiofor, Director of Telecom and Postal Services, in Ministry of Communications.

Embassy in Nigeria also hosted multiple events, such as - a digital projection of key moments of Gandhi's life, his inspiring quotes, discourses, and initiatives which highlighted relevance of Gandhi's life and philosophy. A bhajan was played and High Commissioner also gave a speech where he paid his tributes and mentioned how Gandhi's African experiences shaped his life and philosophy. 

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UN releases stamp

Recently, United Nations Postal ministration launched a special stamp to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi at a special ceremony at United Nations Hequarters in New York. stamp was released during 74th session of United Nations General Assembly in presence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. event in New York also saw inauguration of Gandhi Peace Garden and Gandhi Solar Park.

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