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    This document discusses the significant contributions of Jal Cooper to philately in India. It notes that Jal Cooper was born in Mumbai in a Parsi household and founded the first Philatelic Bureau in India, where he collected stamps. He also founded the 'Empire of India Philatelic Society' and wrote many books on stamps. Cooper played a pivotal role in elevating the study of Indian postage stamps to an international level. He achieved expertise as a philatelist internationally after starting his career as a stamp collector. The postage stamp issued on Jal Cooper helps understand his important contributions to the field of philately.

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    This document discusses the significant contributions of Jal Cooper to philately in India. It notes that Jal Cooper was born in Mumbai in a Parsi household and founded the first Philatelic Bureau in India, where he collected stamps. He also founded the 'Empire of India Philatelic Society' and wrote many books on stamps. Cooper played a pivotal role in elevating the study of Indian postage stamps to an international level. He achieved expertise as a philatelist internationally after starting his career as a stamp collector. The postage stamp issued on Jal Cooper helps understand his important contributions to the field of philately.

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    ) Born in a Parsi household in Mumbai, Cooper

    edited ‘India’s Stamp Journal’.


    (iii) He was the founder of the first Philatelic
    Bureau in India, an office that collected stamps.
    He founded the ‘Empire of India Philatelic
    Society’.
    (iv) He went on to write many books on this subject.
    He gave a scientific bent to his hobby.
    (v) He played a pivotal role in taking the study
    of Indian postage stamps to the international
    level.
    (vi) Having started his career as a postage stamp
    collector, Cooper achieved the expertise of a
    philatelist at the international level.
    (vii) The postage stamp on Jal Cooper is an
    important source to understand his significant
    contribution to this field.
    Q.3. (A) Explain the following statements with
    reason:
    * (1) The postal department tries to preserve
    the heritage and integrity of Indian culture
    through postage stamps.
    Ans.
    (i) Postage stamps reveal a lot to us about
    changing times due to the variety in the sizes
    of the stamps, the novelty in their subjects and
    colour schemes.
    (ii) The Postal Department issues postage stamps
    on a wide variety of themes.
    (iii) It issues stamps like political leaders, flowers,
    animals, birds, an event, or the silver, golden,
    diamond jubilees or centenary, bicentenary
    and tercentenary of different events.
    (iv) It is therefore, a valuable repository of history.
    (v) Thus the postal department tries to preserve
    the heritage and integrity of Indian culture
    through postage stamp.
    * (2) Audio-visual media are an important source
    for writing the history of Modern India.
    Ans.
    (i) 'Audio-visual' means possessing sound and
    visual content; for example, films and television
    (ii) We have channels like History channel and
    Discovery channel which telecast footage of
    historical events in multimedia.
    (iii) With the help of satellites, live coverage of all
    political, social and cultural events is possible
    across the globe. This helps to create an
    accountable repository for future reference as
    well.
    (iv) Video libraries possess a vast storage of
    historical information in audio-visual mode
    which becomes handy in writing the history of
    modern India.
    (3) Museums reflect the unique heritage of a state.
    Ans.
    (i) All states of India have museums that depict
    the characteristics and display the cultural and
    social heritage of the state.
    (ii) They enable us to understand history; For
    example, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
    Museum at Mumbai and the Reserve Bank
    Museum in Pune city.
    (iii) Apart from the Government Museums,
    some private collectors also set up their own
    museums.
    (iv) They are based on distinctive subjects; For
    example, coins, notes, lamps and nutcrackers
    in different shapes, cricket equipment, etc.
    Q.3. (B) Answer the following questions in brief.
    (1) Which information among print media is
    considered authentic and trust worthy?
    Ans.
    (i) Among the print media, the information
    contained in the annual issues of the
    Publications Division of the Government of
    India is authentic and trustworthy.
    (ii) For example, the Information and Broadcasting
    Department published 'INDIA 2000', an annual
    reference book.
    (iii) This reference book is created under ‘Res

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