Hundred Thousand Post Offices, 1968

Stamp Name: Hundred Thousand Post Offices
Stamp Issue Day: 01/07/1968
Stamp Denomination: 20 paise
Stamp Type: Commemorative

On the first of July 1968, the hundredth thousand post office at Brahmpur Chaurasta, Bihar was opened. Starting from 701 post offices in 1854 and 22,000 during the time of independence, this was a matter of great pride for the Indian Post Office, who decided to commemorate this journey of theirs. Around half of these post offices also act as savings banks and were at that time responsible for accounts worth Rs 1,500 crores.

Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary, 1968

Stamp Name: Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary
Stamp Issue Day: 20/02/1968
Stamp Denomination: 15 paise
Stamp Type: Commemorative

This stamp commemorated hundred years of completion of the Bengali weekly Amrita Bazar Patrika. The paper was started as a mouthpiece of the downtrodden. During the independence struggle Shishir Kumar Ghosh helped the peasants protest against the injustice by the indigo planters and the antipathy of the government. Post that along with his brothers he founded Patrika at Jessor. After three years they shifted the paper to Calcutta. The government tried to repress the outspoken paper, however the Patrika bounced back. For example when the Vernacular Press Act was introduced, it changed from a Bengali weekly to an English one. In 1891 the paper became a daily.