This year's Children's Day stamp is a reproduction of a painting entitled 'Children Playing' by six year old Bela Ramniklal Raval of Palanpur, Gujarat. It is a prize-winning entry from the Shankar's International Children's Competition 1972.

Started in 1949 this annual competition aims at finding latent talents in children by encouraging their creative efforts and thus giving an impetus to Child Art. The competition is a popular event, attracting children from more and more countries every year. During the 24th competition held in 1972, children from about 100 countries sent in over 150,000 entries both paintings and written work.

The P & T Department has much pleasure in dedicating this stamp to the children all over the world.

Source : Information Folder issued by Indian Posts & Telegraph Department, Government of India