The release of the
Permanent Pictorial Cancellation for the UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Khangchendzonga National Park, was held at Hotel Tibet, Gangtok. The event took
place in the presence of Shri Supriyo Ghosh, Postmaster General (Mails &
Business Development), West Bengal Circle; Shri Suraj Thatal, Conservator and
Field Director of Khangchendzonga National Park; Shri Ivan Lepcha, Principal of
Paljor Namgyal Girls’ SSS; and Shri Shital Pradhan, an eminent philatelist of
the region. The cancellation design features a Red Panda in its habitat, set
against a stunning mountain backdrop.
updated on 22.05.2020 I am not an expert on Sikkim's history, nor am I a prolific historian; my interest in Sikkim's past makes me feel that there are various vacant spaces yet to be filled. When I reviewed different pieces of paper on Sikkim's history, I felt we knew very little about our country. Time has come, and the account of Sikkim's history should be reworked from its primary period, though we know we have inadequate resources. I am sure that capturing the early days of Sikkim (the era when we found the first settlements on this land) in 2020 isn’t as easy as it seems, but we can make an attempt. As a student of Sikkim history, I feel it is not within our perimeter to come up with the entire scene from the beginning until now at once, but we can create a room for our coming generations to carry forward those works we shall leave for them. Today, we hold ourselves accountable to our ancestors (I am not referring to Rishley, Das, Ray, and others;...


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