50th Anniversary of Dandi March 1980 India Stamps

The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India initiated by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi, as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it.

The 24-day march began from 12 March 1930 and continued till 5 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent  protest against the British salt monopoly, and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience  Movement.

The march was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Sarajevo declaration of sovereignty and self-rule by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930.

Gandhi led the Dandi March from his base, Sabarmati Ashram, near the city of Ahmedabad. 78 people began the march with Gandhi, who intended to walk 240 miles (390 km) to the coastal village of Dandi, which was located at a small town called Navsari in the state of Gujarat.

As Gandhi and the others continued on what would become a 24-day march to Dandi to produce salt without paying the tax, growing numbers of Indians joined them along the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on 6 April 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience  against the British Raj salt lawsby millions of Indians.

The campaign had a significant  effect on changing world and British attitudes towards Indian sovereignty and self-rule  and caused large numbers of Indians to join the fight for the first time.

Department of Posts has issued 2 nos of postage stamps on the 50th Anniversary of Dandi March

Issued Date 02.10.1980

Denomination : 35 & 35 Paise

International Year of the Child 1979 India Stamp

UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979 by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to education.

Numerous events took place within the UN and in member countries to mark the event, including the Music for UNICEF Concert, held at the UN General Assembly on January 9. WBZ-TV 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, along with the four other Group W stations, hosted and broadcast a celebratory festival, "Kidsfair" (usually held around Labor Day ever since) from Boston Common.

A film festival showcasing international cartoon and film shorts focusing on children was held at the United Nations building in New York City on December 1, 1979. Canadian animator/director Eugene Fedorenko created a film for the National Film Board of Canada, called "Every Child", which centered on a nameless baby who nobody wants because they're too busy with their own concerns.

This was used to explain the importance of how every child is entitled to a home. Sound effects were created with the voices of Les Mimes Electriques.(citation needed)

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Department  of  issued two  postage  stamps  to mark  the  event,  First  one Gandhi with young boy: International Year of the Child and second  one 
Indian I.Y.C.Emblem: International Year of the Child

Issued  Date : 5-03-1979
Denomination : 25 & 100 Paisa

100 YEARS OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S RETURN 2015 India

Mahatma Gandhi arrived in South Africa at a young age of 24 years as the legal counsel of Indian traders based in the city of Pretoria. He spent more than two decades in South Africa,
where he developed the concept of Satyagraha while fighting against the gross injustice, discrimination and racism prevailing there. 

After staying in South Africa for over 21 years, Gandhiji returned to India on January 9, 1915, with his wife Kasturba.

Gandhiji returned to India with a formidable reputation to lead the Indian masses struggling for freedom from colonial domination through civil disobedience and non-violence, which proved to be highly effective moral weapon in the 

He had been in London the previous year to treat a severe bout of pleurisy, a lung inflammation. His doctors advised him to return to India to escape the English winter. After that, India became his permanent home.

DOP  Issued A set of two Commemorative Postage stamps on

100 YEARS OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S RETURN was released by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi ji on 8th January, 2015 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 

Issued  Date: 08.01.2015
Denomination : 500 & 2500
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