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English: A first day cover issued on 1 April 1937 by the Government of British-ruled Burma to commemorate the separation of Burma from the British Indian Empire
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Source Personal copy of First Day Cover issued by Government of Burma, on separation from India. Fowler&fowler (talk) 02:34, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Author Government of Burma, Postal Department, Rangoon
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The Indian Copyright Act applies in India to works first published in India. According to the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, as amended up to Act No. 27 of 2012 (Chapter V, Section 25):

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