And ec(n)r prevented school-drop-out artists from travelling, since if you 
hadn't finished hi school, assumption was that sarkar maibaap would be needed 
to look after you and decide if you were eligible to travel abroad.
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From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:26:52 
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com>wrote:

> [1] The ECNR/ECR stamp regime did something similar but to no productive
> end
>

The EC(N)R stamp meant something at the point of origin, not at the
destination. I suspect a vast majority of the countries did not know what
this "chaapa" on the passport meant.

Thaths
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