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Autograph - Dutee Chand - (Athlete)

Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event. She is the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Women's 100 metres event at the Summer Olympic Games. In 2018, Chand clinched silver in women's 100m at the Jakarta Asian Games. It was India's first medal in this event since 1998. In 2019, she became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade, clocking 10.89 seconds in the 100m race.

Dutee is also India's first athlete to openly come out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, when she spoke about being in a same-sex relationship in 2019.

GIFTED BY - SAROJ RANJAN KAR, ODISHA

SPECIAL COVER : EKLO CHALO RE 2019

Thirteen Special Covers was released during the six days ‘Ekla Cholo Re’, West Bengal State Level Philatelic Exhibition held at Kolkata (November 16-21, 2019).

Four covers was designed by Dipok Dey

1.      Poets of Bengal –       Date of release : 17.12.19

Illustration: Jibananda Das, Sudhindranath Dutta , Premendra Mitra and Subhash Mukhopadhyay

2.      Melodies of Bengal - Date of release : 18.12.19

Illustration: Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra and Satinath Mukherjee

3.      Sports Legend of Bengal  - Date of release : 19.12.19

Illustration: Pankaj Roy, Leslie Walter Claudius and Sailendra Nath Manna

4.      Writers of Bengal -    Date of release : 20.12.19

Illustration: Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and Manik Bandopadhyay