The Gujarat government has taken over the Seventh-day Adventist School in Ahmedabad following the August 2025 stabbing death of Hindu student Nayan Santani by a Muslim peer. A probe revealed rule violations, poor management, and minority status issues. The District Education Officer now administers for over 10,000 students; no new admissions allowed.
Released within a month of a DMK minister’s appeal, the stamp highlights a seventh century ruler whose court hosted Jain and Shaiva scholars, whose victories spanned twelve locations, and whose administrative foresight shaped Tamil polity.
The FIR states Dubey was lured inside the church, renamed during the ritual and nearly taken away for conversion. He fled and alerted police,.Intelligence inputs warned of large scale religious conversions planned ahead of Christmas.
When taken as a whole, the tour portrays an India that is building coalitions, corridors, and capabilities rather than chasing headlines, reducing the risk of trade routes, expanding strategic options in West Asia and the western Indian Ocean, and maintaining the credibility of India's development-first diplomacy in a world of sharper blocs and precarious supply lines.