Editing India Post (section)

===Post-independence stamps===
[[File:Satrunjaya 1949.jpg|thumb|Brown-and-pink stamp depicting a temple]]

India attained independence on 15 August 1947. Thereafter, the Indian Posts and Telegraph Department embarked on a broad-based policy for the issuance of stamps. On 21 November 1947 the first new stamp was issued by independent India. It depicts the [[Indian flag]] with the patriots' slogan, ''[[Jai Hind]]'' ("long live India"), at the top right-hand corner. The stamp was valued at three and one-half [[Indian anna|annas]]. A memorial to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] was issued 15 August 1948 on the first anniversary of independence. One year later a [[definitive series]] appeared, depicting India's broad cultural heritage (primarily [[Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Muslim]], [[Sikh]] and [[Jainism|Jain]] temples, sculptures, monuments and fortresses). A subsequent issue commemorated the beginning of the [[Republic of India]] on 26 January 1950. Definitives included a technology-and-development theme in 1955, a series depicting a map of India in 1957 (denominated in ''[[Paisa|naya paisa]]''—decimal currency) and a 1965 series with a wide variety of images. The old inscription "India Postage" was replaced in 1962 with ''"भारत INDIA"'', although three stamps (issued from December 1962 to January 1963) carried the earlier inscription.<ref>Saksena, V. ''ibid.,'' p. 84.</ref>

India has printed stamps and postal stationery for other countries, mostly neighbours. Countries which have had stamps printed in India include [[Myanmar|Burma]] (before independence), [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Portugal]] and [[Ethiopia]].<ref name="ISP">Saksena, V. (1989), pp. 86–8.</ref> The country has issued definitive and commemorative stamps. Six definitive series on India's heritage and progress in a number of fields have been issued. The seventh series, with a theme of science and technology, began in 1986. Between independence and 1983, 770 stamps were issued.