Ahilyabai Holkar, 1996 - First Day Cover

Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in his Discovery of India (2004, p. 304) about Ahilyabai Holkar, thus -- "The reign of Ahilyabai, of Indore in central India, lasted for thirty years. This has become almost legendary as a period during which perfect order and good Government prevailed and the people prospered. She was a very able ruler and organizer, highly respected during her lifetime, and considered as a saint by a grateful people after her death."

India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on Ahilyabai Holkar on 25.08.1996. The First Day Cover carried a cachet of the State Emblem of Holkar dynasty. The inscription beneath the emblem reads --

प्राहोमेशो लभ्या श्रीकर्तृ: प्रारब्धात् 

"prahomeśo labhyā śrī kartṝḥ prārabdhāt"

Umeśa (Śiva) has said, success attends him who strives.

        




Photograph of the emblem of the होल्कर dynasty ---->