Thursday, October 8, 2015

Centre to discontinue stamps of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi

  • 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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