Your Civic Duty poster

The St John Ambulance Association opened its first centre in India in 1901, in Kolkata. It was initially introduced through Colonial rule and the ‘Ambulance Crusades’ that promoted the benefits of first aid across the globe. Since India’s independence from British rule in 1947, the country’s President has held the role of Head of St John Ambulance in India, demonstrating the importance of this skill to Indian society.

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Object type

Posters

Date

Production: c.1950

Maker

St John Ambulance India

Subject(s)

Empire and Commonwealth
St John Ambulance Association (1877 - 1968)

Associated organisation

St John Ambulance Association India

Materials and technique

Print on paper

Production place

New Delhi

Related place(s)

New Delhi
India

References

Foakes, Tom, ed. Treasures: Faith, Care, Valour: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of the Order of St John. Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 2019.
Page 126

Catalogue number

SJA3589