A commemorative postage stamp on the 9^th Asian Games, New Delhi (4^th Issue) :

Issued by India

Issued on Oct 30, 1982

Issued for : Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department is privileged to issue another stamp on IX Asian Games, based on this ancient sport.

Design : The stamp depicts a painting on a wrestling bout. The scene is laid against a golden ground with flowering trees and plants. The Persian influence is predominant on the style of the painting. The work is executed in the Mughal style of the early 17^th century and is probably a copy of the Persian original. This painting, done by Janaki, is available in the National Museum, New Delhi.

Designed by : The stamp has been designed by A. Ramachandran on the basis of the transparency obtained through the courtesy of National Museum, New Delhi.

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Colour : Multicolour

Denomination : 100 Paise

Overall size : 4.8 X 3.6 cms.

Printing size : 4.35 X 3.15 cms.

Perforation : 14 x 14

Paper : Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper

Number printed : 30,00,000

Number per issue sheet : 20

Printing process : Photogravure

Printed at : India Security Press

About : 

• The IX Asiad was expected to be a fantastic event. The construction of new sports facilities and the modernisation of the existing ones enriched India’s capital architecturally. There was a chance to display country’s cultural attainments and the headway it has made in the field of physical education and sports.
• Wrestling is a sport loved by our countrymen since time immemorial. It is one sport, which did not require expensive equipment, arena or other facilities. Today, wrestling is a much world­wide acclaimed sport. It requires proper wrestling ring, referees, judges and half a dozen rules and regulations to the extent that the wrestlers should be evenly matched weight-wise. There are two styles found in the free styles wrestling:-
  • 1. The Indian style – in which one opponent has to put the other flat on his back.
  • 2. The Greco Roman style – in this the winning wrestler has to keep the loser on his back to the count of 10 before he is declared the winner.
• Wrestling was held at the Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.

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