The Bengali daily newspaper published from Calcutta (now Kolkata), Amrita Bazar Patrika (ABP) was founded on this day (20-Feb) in the year 1868 by Moti Lal Ghosh and Sisir Kumar Ghose... The newspaper evolved into a bilingual with the introduction English daily in the year 1871...
Described as the best Nationalist paper in India by the Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the daily ceased its publication in the year 1991...
In the year 1968, India Post commemorated the 100 years of the daily with the release of a 15-naya paisa postage stamp...
The stamp depicts Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary symbol "a bow and a quill in place of arrow"...
Hindi text in the stamp "अमृत बाजार पत्रिका शताब्दी" translates to "Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary"...
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Newspapers...
(b) Feathers...
(c) Symbols...
(d) Anniversaries...
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