Romesh Chunder Dutt

A commemorative postage stamp on R. C. Dutta, an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata, president of Indian National Congress (INC) in 1899 [a part of the series ‘Personalities Stamps Series‘] :

Issued by India

Issued on Sep 27, 1973

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Colour : Dark Brown

Denomination : 20 Paise

Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.

Printing size : 3.56 x 2.54 cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Watermark : Printed on unwatermarked Adhesive Stamp paper on sheets

Quantity printed : 1.5 Million

Number per issue sheet : 35

Printing Process : Photogravure process

Designed and printed at : India Security Press, Nasik Road

Name : Romesh Chunder Dutt

Born on Aug 13, 1848 at Kolkata, Bengal, British India

Died on Nov 30, 1909 at Baroda State, British India [now in Gujarat]