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Atul Agrawal, Aligarh
Special cover - A Polio free world issued by Rotary International in Agra depicting Taj in the cancellation. A nice item for Those collecting on Taj Mahal
Ashwini Kumar Dubey, Dubey Medical Hall , Beita Hata Crossing Gorakhpur -273001 (U.P.)
Sub: Release of Postal Stamp on Chauri Chaura Incident
Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh is associated with the freedom movement of the country. It is around 25 km south-east of Gorakhpur. Fed up with the repressive policies of the British, the villagers burned down a police station on 4th Feb 1922. This was in retaliation to the police firing on a procession of satyagrahis in Chauri Chaura. In this incident around 22 policemen were killed and Gandhiji immediately called off the non-cooperation movement.
Stopping the non-cooperation movement following Chauri Chaura was one of Gandhi’s most significant acts — a cleansing of the body politic, in effect. Years later, despite several heapings of criticism, from being called a confused man to being called a British lackey, he did not waver on the correctness of the decision. Writing in 1928, he said, “[to] this date I have felt that I have served the country by calling off the non-co-operation movement. I am confident that history will look upon it as a form of perfect satyagraha and not as an act of cowardice.”
Mr.Ashwini Dubey is campaigning by sending letters and post cards from Chauri Chaura to remind people about this significant event and making continuous request for a postage stamp on this historic event.Here are letters posted to us by Mr. Dubey from Chauri Chaura on 4 February 2009.
S.P. Bansal 20, Hanuman Road Firozabad - 283203 (U.P.)
A Variety
ROW NO 10 HINDI, English Letters and Stamp Design missing in stamps from 1st to 10th
Josie Bailey ,Wales
If any of you would be interested in a rare book I am currently selling on British EBAY entitled BRITISH EXTERNAL AIRMAILS 1934 - (blacksand123 -EBay name)
