Happy Independence Day

 

Commemorative Postage Stamp on Right to free Legal Aid

A Commemorative Postage Stamp of denomination Rs 5 on Right to free Legal Aid was issued on 30.07.2022

 

Commemorative Postage Stamp on Journey of the Indian National Flag

 

A Commemorative Postage Stamp of denomination Rs 75 on Journey of the National Flag was issued on 02.08.2022

Remembering Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Param VIR Chakra (Posthumous)

 

Letter Box shape post office building - Hikkim Post Office

 

The Tribune 15 06 2022

India’s First International Flight

 

On 8 June 1948, India’s first international flight departed from Mumbai (then Bombay). The aircraft ‘Malabar Princess’ travelled about 5,000 miles to reach London in a 24-hour trip with refueling stops at Cairo and Geneva. The Air India’s flight was a weekly service started between India and United Kingdom. Malabar Princess was a 40 seater Lockheed L-749 Constellation, propeller-driven four-engine aircraft, registered as VT-CQP. The cost of the ticket was Rs. 1,720. The captain of the flight was K R Guzdar.

Dainik Jagran, Ludhiana 08-06-2022

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(Invitation card as received from Sh.B.R.Sharma)