Modern Postal service techniques are credited to the Britishers, and the Wright brothers credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. But there is also one thing that is less noted that on 18 Feb 1911 India, there was the first Aeroplane was taken off with about 6500 post cards.
Detail :
Source : Allahabad, near Holy Yamuna River
Destination : Allahabad, Central Incarceration (Nainy Junction)
Distance : 15 Kilometer
Take off Timing : 5:30 PM
Air time : 13 min.
Pilot : Henry Pekat (France)
The plane was made up of the wood, and several parts were tied with the lace. There was attractive view during the Agriculture and Trade Exhibition in the UP Exhibition by this plane. "First Arial Postal" and "UP Exhibition" was written on that plane and it was also painted with one picture showing a plane in mountains.
40 Mail out of the 6500 was the picture card of the pilots and planes. Out of which today only 10 are left
and out of that 1 is in the at the Department of Post, Allahabad.
The number of tigers in the world has diminished at an alarming speed in recent years
In India, which is home to nearly half of the world's tigers, or 1 400 animals, the number of the big cats has shrunk by 60 percent over the past three to four years
What we can Do? How we can help to Save the Tigers?
Roar Online :
Share it with YouTube, Twitter, Orkut, Facebook, your Blog, E-Mail !, Let everyone know what is happening and what movement are going on to save the tigers.
Speak Up :
Write a letter or an email to editors of popular newspapers and magazines, asking them to support the cause and highlight the urgency to save our tigers. The more people we can reach and inform, the stronger our roar will be
Donate :
No Matter How small or Big your Donation is. You can support to such organizations which are fighting for the Tigers. One of them is WWFIndia. Every little bit helps. Your generous contribution will make a great difference in saving this majestic specie.
SMS :
A short message can go a long way to help save our tigers. Let all your friends know about the movement through SMS. We send SMS everyday to our friends, so why it can't this ?And you can also send SMS with free web sites like 160by2, way2sms etc.
Preserve our Natural Resources :
Loss of habitat is one of our tigers’ biggest problems. We can reduce pressure on forests by avoiding unnecessary use of forest-derived products, such as paper and timber.
Be a responsible tourist :
The wilderness is to be experienced and not to be disturbed and polluted. Follow the forest department guidelines when visiting any wilderness area, tiger reserve in particular. As the saying goes ‘Don’t leave thing anything behind except foot steps, and don’t take anything except memories.’
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If we Don't Act now we will lose this part of our Heritage Forever