Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Traditional Games of India

 News Post-Please note:



Six Special cancellation 

Traditional Games of India an Special cancellation on Children's Day are:

1. आंख मिचौली Blind Man's Buff - from Mumbai

2. कंचे खेलना Playing Marbles - from Aurangabad 

3. गिल्ली डंडा Gilli Danda - from Nagpur

4. किथ किथ Hop Scotch - from Pune

5. लगोरी Seven Stones - from Panaji

6. लट्टू Spinning Top - from Nashik

Please note: These cancellations will be available in concerned bureaus only on the 14.11.2022.Children's Day  A set of all 6 cancellations will be prepared and will be made available from Mumbai GPO later. Those who are interested can contact Mumbai GPO 









Monday, August 2, 2021

Indian Hockey in Olympic


Will History of India's 'Golden' Era of Men's Indian Hockey at the Olympics Repets at Tokyo 

1928, Amsterdam - Gold

1932, Los Angeles - Gold

1936, Berlin - Gold

1948, London-Gold

1952, Helsinki - Gold

1956, Melbourne - Gold

1960, Rome - Silver

1964, Tokyo-Gold

1968, Mexico City - Bronze

1972, Munich-Bronze

1980, Moscow - Gold

1984, Los Angeles - 5th

1988, Seoul - 6th

1992, Barcelona -7th

1996, Atlanta - 8th

2000, Sydney - 7th

2004, Athens -7th

2008, Beijing - Not Qualified

2012,London - 12th

2016, Rio - 8th

2021, Tokyo - 🌹

Will history repeats in Tokyo again

Thursday, July 29, 2021

OlymphilaInida2021

India's First Virtual Philatelic Exhibition on Olympic Games and Sports  

 

23 July - 15 August

 visit https://www.olymphila.com/ for more information 


More then 83 Entries from different corner of India and 40 single Page  


 

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Henry Rebello Indian Olympian


 Henry Rebello, one of India’s finest athletes of all-time, 

Rebello, a triple jumper of the highest quality, represented India at the 1948 Olympic Games in London and was tipped to win a medal but an injury ruined his chances.

Rebello, who had spent his formative years in Bangalore, had caught the eye of the experts by taking the top spot in a pre-Olympic competition in London, two weeks before the Games.

He led the field in the preliminary round and noted commentator Harold Abraham, an Olympic champion himself, tipped the Indian for the gold medal. That was not to be, as he injured his hamstring in his first jump in the final and had to withdraw.

Rebello, only 19 then, was about to take his jump, but was told to wait since a medal presentation was on. In the cold London weather, Rebello had not warmed up properly and giving it all in his first try, hurt himself.

Rebello’s born and brought up in Bangalore  and he did his schooling at the Baldwin Boys’ School. With no knowledge of scientific training methods, he devised his own training systems, learned from pictures in American books, and went on to dominate the Indian scene, after initially making his mark in inter-school competitions in Bangalore.

Rebello also used to compete in long jump and high jump. Marjorie Suares, one of Rebello’s contemperories and a high jumper herself, recalls an incident where he was disqualified for diving over the bar in a competition!

A late starter at 16, Rebello struck gold in the 1946 All India ‘Olympic’ competition in Bangalore. In 1948, he set a national record of 15.29 metres, which stood for almost two decades. The feat fetched him a spot in the Indian team for the London Olympic Games and made him a medal favourite as well, being the best mark in the world that season. But fate had other plans.

After the London Olympics, Rebello faded away from the sports scene as he focused on studies. After graduating from Loyola College in Madras, he joined the Indian Air Force, and retired as a Group Captain in 1980. He was actively involved in the running of the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, and then served as a Director in the Sports Authority of India from 1984 to 1988.

The Legend never dies the Star  left us and joined the Galaxy from his home in Gurgaon on 28.08 2013  after a long illness. He was 84. Rebello is survived by a daughter and two sons.

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Indian Olympian Milkha Singh


 It is with extreme sadness that we would like to inform you that Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh ji passed away on Friday on the 18th of June 2021.

Milkha Singh ji a four-time Asian Games gold medallist and 1958 Commonwealth Games champion, missed the bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics by 1/100th of a second.  He also represented India in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1959.

Friday, June 11, 2021

Indian Olympian Surat Singh Mathur


Indian Olympian Surat Singh Mathur the first athlete from independent India to complete a marathon at the Olympic Games, passed away in Delhi on Friday. He was 90 years old.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Special Cover on Olymphilex India 2016 – 19th August 2016.

On the occasion of 2016 Rio Olympic Games philatelic exhibition on Sports and Olympic through philately was organized at Bengaluru GPO with the support of Department of Posts from 5th to 21st August 2016. Collections of Shri T. N. Prahlada Rao, Shri Jagannath Mani, Shri Vijay Kumar, Master Vineeth and Master Harpith were showcased in 20 frames. The exhibition was a tribute to Shri T. N. Prahalad Rao a Senior Olympic Stamp Collector.
Late Shri T. N. Prahlada Rao was a noted Philatelist of Bangalore who specialized in Olympic Philately. He was an active member of Karnataka Philatelic Society and the first Olympic philatelist from Karnataka who won awards in 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2008 at various events. He was instrumental in organizing first National Sport's and Games Philately exhibition ‘NGPEx-97’ and ‘Olymphilex India 2012’. He won medals for his exhibits in Sydney and Beijing Olympics. He was very active in philately till his last breathe. At the age of 82 he won award at Olympex 2008 at Beijing.
To commemorate the Olymphilex India 2016 exhibition and to pay a tribute to Veteran Philatelist Late Shri T. N. Prahlada Rao a Special Cover was released at the function held at Bengaluru GPO Auditorium on 19th August 2016. Special Cover was released by Mrs. Veena Srinivas, Postmaster General (BD), Karnataka Postal Circle in presence of Shri S. Rajendra Kumar, Postmaster General, SK Region, Bangalore, Shri M. P. Ganesh (Mullera Poovayya Ganesh), former hockey player, captain and coach of the Indian Hockey team and a Senior Philatelist Dr. Sita Bhateja. (Special Cover approval no. KTK/13/2016). The special cover is embedded with a QR code, the cover when scanned on smartphone directs the user to the link in pdf format where details about Shri T. N. Prahlada Rao and his collection is provided.
To commemorate the Olymphilex India 2016 exhibition and to pay a tribute to Veteran Philatelist Late Shri T. N. Prahlada Rao Special cover  have been released   


Mrs. Veena Srinivas, Postmaster General (BD), Karnataka Postal Circle Bangalore, Shri M. P. Ganesh (Mullera Poovayya Ganesh), former hockey player, captain and coach of the Indian Hockey team and a Senior Philatelist Dr. Sita Bhateja.


Mrs. Veena Srinivas, PMG (BD), Karnataka Postal Circle in presence of Shri S.K Rajendra Kumar, Postmaster General, SK Region, Bangalore, Shri M. P. Ganesh (Mullera Poovayya Ganesh), former hockey player, captain and coach of the Indian Hockey team and a Senior Philatelist and former president of The Karnataka Philately Society Bangalore Dr. Sita Bhateja  


MP Ganesh Addresing the press 


Dr. Sita bhateja