Paris: October 03: A stamp bearing Gandhi’s photograph has been issued in France on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The French postal service company La Poste released the stamp on Wednesday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma. The Indian Embassy gave this information in a tweet.
“Indian Embassy partnered LaPoste of #France in launching a postage stamp today with an image of #MahatmaGandhi to commemorate150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar @IndAmbFrance @GroupeLaPoste,” the Indian embassy in France tweeted.
Similar stamps were issued on Gandhi Jayanti in Uzbekistan, Turkey, Palestine and other countries around the world. Let me tell you, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, programs were organized in many places in France. (Input from GNS)