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Read the passage and answer the questions.The Indian government issued the ‘Jal Cooper’ stamp in 1977. Jal Cooper was an internationally acclaimed philatelist, i.e. an expert on the subject of ‘postage , stamps’. Bom in a Parsi household in Mumbai, Cooper edited ‘India’s Stamp Journal’. He was the founder of the first Philatelic Bureau in India, an , office that collected stamps. He founded the ‘Empire of India Philatelic Society’. He went on to write many , books on this subject. He gave a scientific bend to his , hobby. He played a pivotal role in taking the study of Indian postage stamps to the international level, , Having started his career as a postage stamp collector, Cooper achieved the expertise of a philatelist at the international level. The postage stamp on Jal Cooper , is an important source to understand his significant ,contribution to this field.(i) Other than Philatelies which other streams of vocation deal with sources of history?(ii) Name the two institution founded by Jal Cooper.(iii) Why do you think the government of India issued a postage stamp in the name of Jal Cooper? |
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Answer» (i) Other than Philatelies, other streams of vocation which deal with sources of history are: Numismatics, Museology and Archaeology. (ii) Two institutions founded by Jal Cooper are: (i) The First Philatelic Bureau in India. (ii) Empire of India Philatelic Society. (iii) Jal Cooper is accredited to raise Indian Philatelies to an international level. He nurtured his hobby with great expertise and became a renowned Postage Stamp Collector. To honour his contribution, the government of India issued a postage stamp in his name in 1977. |
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