New Delhi is fast preparing for hosting the IX Asian Games commencing from 19 November, 1982. Construction activities are in full swing to provide the necessary facilities for holding various events during the ASIAD which promises to be amongst one of the most spectacular events in the history of Asian Sports. This issue, fourth in the series of special stamps on Asian Games, features the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium which would be the venue for sports like football and for various athletic events. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium would be a prominent centre of attraction during the Games. Besides colourful events of sports and athletics, this Stadium would be the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Asian Games.

Aesthetically designed, this Stadium would be one of the very modern and sophisticated  stadiam  in  the  world  with  a capacity of 75,000  seated  comfortably in two-tiers of stands. The Stadium  will have  8-lane track  laid  with Olymparene-78, a most modern  synthetic  track  cover for athletic events. All timing   equipment would be electronically controlled, while photo finishing cameras would ensure the most modern judging  standards in  athletics.

The Stadium will have two giant scoreboards of matrix type capable of displaying results simultaneously in Hindi and English. It will be flood-lit for conducting events at night and for enabling colour TV transmission. The Main Press Centre for  the ASIAD  will  be  housed in  this Stadium where results from all the venues will be available through an elaborate computerised Central Information  System. The  Press  Centre  will  have  all  modern facilities  to  enable  the   World   Press   to function  as well as at similar international meets. Radio and TV will also have ample facilities for transmission direct from the Stadium.

The facilities created in this Stadium would also be available for use in future by athletes, sportsmen or trainees at the times of games being conducted or when coaching camps are being held. It would be one of the major landmarks of New Delhi.

Indian P. & T. Department is privileged to issue the fourth stamp  on IX Asian Games.

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