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NEPEX 2021 First Circle Level Online Philatelic Exhibition SOUVENIR VENUE : www.nepex2021.com DATE : 28th to 31st January Organizing Committee * Shri Amitabh Kharkwal, CPMG, NE Circle, Shillong : Chairman * Shri T. Mang Min Thang, PMG, NE-I, Agartala : Co-Chairman * Shri Som Kamei, PMG, NE-II, Dimapur : Co-Chairman * Shri S.C. Barik, DPS (HQ), NE Circle, Shillong : Vice Chairman * Shri Sangeeth Kumar S, DA (P), NE Circle, Shillong : Vice Chairman * Smt. Chinneilam, AO (Accounts) : Joint Secretary * Shri Biswajit Chakraborty, AD (Phil) : Joint Secretary * Shri Subodh Kumar Singh, IP(Phil) : Executive Member * Shri Surabir Karmakar, PA(Phil) : Executive Member * Shri Suman Deb, General Secretary, NEPS : Organising Secretary * Shri Nanda Dulal Saha, President, NEPS : Executive Member * Shri Sumanta Kumar Das, Vice President, NEPS : Research and PublicitySecretary. * Shri Rony Ghose, Treasurer, NEPS : Information & Publicity Secretary. NEPEX-2021 28.01.2021 to 31.01.2021 INDEX Messages ———————————————————————————— From the Desk of Editor : Sumanta Kumar Das Who found Peak XV the highest peak of the world? All Indian Should Know. : Rajesh Kumar Bagri Philately the king of All Hobbies the : Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema Tet-e-Tet with Norwegian Mahatma Devotee Ole Fredrik Olsen : Sumanta Kumar Das The Torchbearer of Philately in Silchar : Amit Kumar Nag Permanent Pictorial Cancellations connected with Mahatma Gandhi : Sushil Mehra Stamp Investment : Prof. V.K. Gupta Picture Postcard Exhibits Finally Find Their Place in FIP Class : Mohammed Monirul Islam Philately: The success story of Rowland`s Brainchild : Goutam Kumar Bhaduri Pre-Adhesive Stamp : S.C. Sukhani OLE-On Gandhiji's footsteps : Sumanta Kumar Das (Xaadoo) Revenu Stamps of the Native States of India : Rony Ghose Out Of Track Kishor : Kishore Chandak & P. G. Bhargave Some Key Points in Thematic Exhibiting : Jeevan Jyoti Indian Watermarks : Madan Middha My Thoughts On Philately… : Nanda Dulal Saha VOTE OF THANKS From the Desk of Editor It feels my heart with joy unspeakable to convey my gratefulness to the Chief Post Master General N E Circle ,Shilling Postal for organizing the" NEPEX2021" India's first Circle Level Virtual Exhibition with North East Philatelic Society ,Silchar . Philat- ely is knowledge based hobby ,a stamp is like visiting card of the country where you will get the information's like Country's name ,its capital ,Currency , ,it's history, Geography , Sports, famous personalities, Culture & Civilisation and more particulars only through a piece of paper. I am sure ,quite certain NEPEX2021 will add spurt among the upcom- ing young philatelists of this region .Our aim is to ignite the fire among those philatelists by organizing the Exhibition, seminars and workshops for the promotion of Philately and for the betterment of Philately only then I can produce vast number's of Philatelists from the grassroots level only then Our goal will be reached. We have taken the first step, hope things will go smoothly, success is bound to come. I am charmed beyond any words to observe at the manner all the faculties work together to made the NEPEX 2021 successful . I convey my gratitude to the Department of Post ,North East Circle Shillong, for their much valued patronage, ex- tended hand & co-operation .My heartiest thanks to the Sponsors , Committee mem- bers ,Advertisers, Jury members ,Exhibitors ,Print Media and the members of Our Soci- ety . My special thanks to the esteemed writers who provided us their valuable articles on Philately which will certainly help the young philatelists in a great deal . Nothing Succeeds like Success, I do believe this success will motivate all the faculties of North East Philatelic Society as well as all Philatelists of North East region to climb the mountain, as the future will be still theirs to paint the colours they desire to. I wish all the best. SUMANTA KUMAR DAS Chair Person. Souvenir Committee LIST OF NEPS MEMBERS ASSAM NEPS #AS001 Nanda Dulal Saha (Life Member) NEPS #AS002 Sumanta Kumar Das (Life Member) NEPS #AS003 Suman Deb (Life Member) NEPS #AS004 Jayasree Bhushan (Life Member) NEPS #AS005 Rony Ghose (Life Member) NEPS #AS006 Debatanu Biswas (Life Member) NEPS #AS007 Debopam Biswas (Life Member) NEPS #AS008 Dipak Dhar (Life Member) NEPS #AS009 Soumyajyoti Biswas (Youth Member) NEPS #AS010 Sagnik Bhattacharjee (Life Member) NEPS #AS011 Ajoy Barman (Life Member) NEPS #AS012 Rajeshwari Deb (Youth Member) NEPS #AS013 Amritashmi Barman (Youth Member) NEPS #AS014 Swarnadeep Deb (Life Member)) NEPS #AS015 Dr. Lakshmanan, S (Life Member) NEPS #AS016 Prithwiraj Purkayasta (Life Member) NEPS #AS017 Suktara Samkalpa (Youth Member) NEPS #AS018 Arun Kumar Das (Hon. Life Member) MEGHALAYA NEPS #ML001 Joy Justin Bongcher (Life Member) NAGALAND NEPS #NL001 Rupsinh M. Patel (Life Member) NEPS #NL002 Andrew Ahoto Sema (Life Member) TRIPURA NEPS #TR001 Suhash Chandra Dutta (Annual Member) NEPS #TR002 Pranab Goswami (Life Member) NEPS #TR003 Pradip Kumar Ghosh (Life Member) NEPS #TR004 Uday Pal (Life Member) NEPS #TR005 Udbhas Pal (Youth Member) NEPS #TR006 Piyali Acherjee (Annual Member) NEPS #TR007 Santanu Majumder (Life Member) NEPS #TR008 Paronanda Banik (Youth Member) NEPS #TR009 Shantanu Banik (Annual Member) NEPS #TR010 Jhulan Debnath (Annual Member) NEPS #TR011 Puranjan Deb (Annual Member) NEPS #TR012 Snehanshu Dhar (Annual Member) NEPS #TR013 Debasmita Dhar (Youth Member) NEPS #TR014 Shyamalima Roy (Youth Member) NEPS #TR015 Tamohar Das Chaudhuri (Youth Member) NEPS #TR016 Omkarish Das (Youth Member) NEPS #TR017 Debalina Ghosh (Youth Member) NEPS #TR018 Aditya Deb Roy (Youth Member) NEPS #TR019 Hrituraj Debbarma (Youth Member) NEPS #TR020 Soumyadeep Sen (Youth Member) NEPS #TR021 Nilabhra Nandi Majumder (Youth Member) REST OF INDIA NEPS #IN001 Surja Kanta Biswas (Life Member) Who found Peak XV the highest peak of the world ? …All Indians should know By Rajesh Kumar Bagri Philatelist Radhanath Sikdar (1813–1870) was an Indian mathematician who, among many other things, calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya and showed it to be the tallest mountain above sea level by his mathematic excellence. The peak also called Sagarmatha (Nepali), Chomolungma or Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (Chinese: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) – is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres. Early Life Son of Tituram, Radhanath Sikdar was educated at "Phiringi" Kamal Bose's School and Hindu College (now called Presidency College) in Calcutta, India. He worked for the Surveyor General of India, a division of the British Raj in India. He joined the Great Trigonometric Survey in 1831. When in 1831 George Everest was searching for a brilliant young mathematician with particular proficiency in spherical trigonometry, the Hindu College maths teacher Dr. John Tytler superlatively recommended his pupil Radhanath, then only 19. Radhanath joined the Great Trigonometric Survey in 1831 December as a "computor" at a salary of Rupees Thirty per month. Soon he was sent to Sironj near Dehra Dun where he excelled in geodetic surveying. Apart from mastering the usual geodetic processes, he invented quite a few of his own. Everest was extremely impressed by his performance, so much so that when Sikdar wanted to leave GTS and be a Deputy Collector, Everest intervened, proclaiming that no government officer can change over to another department without the approval of his boss. Everest retired in 1843 and Col. Andrew Waugh became the Director. Andrew Waugh had held Radhanath in high esteem, and Everest had this to say about him, “There are few in India, whether European or native, that can at all compete with him. Even in Europe these mathematical attainments would rank very high.” Radhanath proved to be an invaluable asset to the Survey of India and in 1851, he was promoted to the post of Chief Computor, and transferred to Calcutta. It was with this background that the Friend of India had said in its issue of 11 November 1852 about Radhanath Sikdar: “This native gentleman, lately Head Computor in the same establishment, has long been the first among few natives, whose scientific acquirements emulate those of Europeans…and we have little doubt that he will ably fulfill his duties as the head of the office of which he has long been the soul.” At the order of Col. Waugh he started measuring the snow capped mountains near Darjeeling. Compiling data about Peak XV from six different observations, he eventually came to the conclusion the Peak XV was the tallest in the world. He gave a full report to Waugh who was cautious enough not to announce this discovery before checking with other data. When after some years, he was convinced, only then did he publicly announce the same. The norm, strictly followed by Everest himself, was that while naming a peak, the local name should be preferred. But in this case, Waugh made an exception. He paid a tribute to his ex-boss by proposing that the peak be named after Everest. Naturally, Everest agreed, and Sikdar was conveniently forgotten. Other It appears that while Everest and Waugh both extolled him for his exceptional mathematical abilities, his relations with the colonial administration were far from cordial. Two specific instances are on record.In 1851 a voluminous Survey Manual (Eds. Capt. H. L. Thullier and Capt. F. Smyth) was published by the Survey Department. The preface to the Manual clearly and specifically mentioned that the more technical and mathematical chapters of the Manual were written by Babu Radhanath Sikdar. The Manual proved to be immensely useful to surveyors. However, the third edition, published in 1875 (i.e., after Sikdar's death) did not contain that preface, so that Sikdar's memorable contribution was de-recognized. The incident was condemned by a section of British suveyors. The paper Friend of India in 1876 called it 'robbery of the dead'. It is also on record that Sikdar was fined a sum of 200 rupees by the British court in 1843 for having vehemently protested against the unlawful exploitation of survey department workers by the Magistrate Vansittart.