India 1950 Inauguration of the Republic
India · 1950 · 2a, 3½a, 4a, 12a
This set of four stamps commemorates the inauguration of the Republic of India. The designs feature symbolic representations of the new nation's aspirations: children representing the future, a farmer ploughing a field for agriculture, a spinning wheel and loom for industry, and a quill with an inkpot and manuscript for arts and sciences.
Issued on January 26, 1950, these stamps mark the day India's constitution came into effect, officially making it a sovereign republic and completing its transition from a British Dominion to an independent nation.
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