- Government decides to withdraw postal stamps of the former Prime MinistersIndira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi which comes under “Builders of Modern India”theme.
- Union Minister, Ravi Sankar Prasad said, stamps should not focus on just one family but honour everyone who contributed to the making of India.
- As per the advice of Philatelic Advisory Committee, it was decided to issue a definitive series of stamps to represent the diversity of India.
The revised list which comes under “Makers of India” theme includes
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Bhagat Singh
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mother Teresa
- Sardar Patel
- Maulana Azad
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay
- Syama Prasad Mookerjee
- Ram Mahohar Lohia
- Vivekananda
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Maharana Pratap
- Shivaji and others.
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