CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The occasion was the release of a postage stamp by the Government of India commemorating the 100th anniversary of Yogoda Satsanga Society. The date was chosen to honour the anniversary of Paramahansaji’s mahasamadhi, which took place on March 7, 1952.

Detailed explanation-2: -Minister of Communications and Information Technology approves issue of Commemorative Postage Stamps by the Department of Posts, Govt. of India on the recommendations of the Philatelic Advisory Committee (PAC)/Sub-Committee of the PAC.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Stamp of Independent India was issued on 21 November 1947. It depicts the Indian Flag with the patriots’ slogan, Jai Hind (Long Live India), on the top right hand corner. It was valued at three and one-half annas. A memorial to Mahatma Gandhi was issued 15 August 1948 on the first anniversary of Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria. distance. February 1901.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1893, the first U.S. commemorative stamps, honoring that year’s World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, were issued. The subject-Columbus’s voyages to the New World-and size of the stamps were innovative.