KARNAPEX 2019 - Special Covers (3)

KARNAPEX 2019, State Level Philatelic Exhibition was held at TMA Pai Convention Hall, Mangaluru from 12th to 15th October 2019. Four special covers were released on 14th October 2019.

Tulu Film  Industry came into existence with the release of the first Tulu Language  movie "Enna Thangadi" 48 years ago, on 19th February 1971. It was  screened first in Jyothi Theatre, Mangaluru. The movie was produced and  directed by S. R. Rajan through Dolly Films. "Bangar Patler" is the  first cinemascope movie which won the National award.

Cover Code: KTK/117/2019.

Dr.Vaman Raghunath Mirajkar (1884-1971) was born in Mangaluru. After  finishing his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Bombay, he went to UK for  higher studies and became FRCS. On his return to India in 1934, he  worked at the Lahore Medical College. He also served in France and Iraq  during the First World War. For his dedicated service during the Quella  (Baluchistan) earthquake in 1935, he was awarded the Order of the  British Empire. A much sought after Surgeon, he was the President of the  Association of Surgeons in India in 1945. He donated his bungalow built  in 1939 at Bejai, to be made the first public museum in 1960 in memory  of his mother, Shreemanthi Bai.

Cover Code: KTK/118/2019.

Siddis are an  ethnic group inhabiting India, particularly in Gujarat & Karnataka.  Members have descended from Bantu peoples from Southeast Africa. In  Karnataka they are concentrated around Yellapur, Haliyal, Ankola, Joida, Mundagod and Sirsi Taluks of Uttara Kannada District.

Cover Code: KTK/119/2019.

National  flag of India in its present form was adopted on 22nd July 1947 by the  Constituent Assembly. By law Khadi is the only material to be used for  the Flag. The hand woven khadi for the National flag was initially  manufactured at Garag, a small village in Dharwad district. Karnataka  Khadi Gramodyoga Sangha based in Bengeri, Hubballi is the licensed flag  production and supply unit in India. The khadi cloth for the flag is  also manufactured at the Garag Kshetriya Seva Sangha.

Cover Code: KTK/120/2019.