Issued by India

Issued on Jun 7, 2018

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to release a set of two Commemorative Postage Stamps between India and South Africa to mark “20 years of Strategic Partnership between India and South Africa” featuring images of ‘Deendayal Upadhyaya’ from India and ‘Oliver Reginald Tambo’ from South Africa.

Credits :
Stamps/Miniature Sheet/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Miniature Sheet, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 2500, 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 5.0 Lakh each

Miniature Sheet Printed : 1.1 Lakh

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Deendayal Upadhyay

Born on 25 Sep, 1916 at Chandrabhan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died on 11 Feb, 1968 at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Name : Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo

Born on 27 Oct, 1917 at Nkantolo, Bizana, South Africa

Died on 24 Apr, 1993 at Johannesburg, South Africa

About : 

• India’s relations with South Africa date back several centuries. India was the first country to sever trade relations with the apartheid Government in 1946. Diplomatic and consular relations with South Africa were restored in November 1993.
• India–South Africa relations have been growing from strength to strength. 2017 marked 20 years of Strategic Partnership between the two countries (the Red Fort Declaration for Strategic Partnership was signed by the Prime Minister of India Shri Deva Gowda and President of South Africa Nelson Mandela at New Delhi in March, 1997). 2018 marks 25 years of the establishment of relations between India and South Africa and also marks the 125^th year of the Pietermaritzburg railway station ‘incident’ involving Mahatma Gandhi.
• Our bilateral relations have been strengthened and nourished by a regular exchange of visits at the Head of the Government, Head of the State, Ministerial, Parliamentary and official levels. A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded between the two countries since 1993 in areas ranging from economic and commercial cooperation, defence, culture, health, human settlements, public administration, science and technology to education.
• Under the IBSA & BRICS Initiatives, both countries interact regularly at all levels. On the Commercial & Economic front, our bilateral trade was US$ 9379.71 million in 2016-17 and from 01 April, 2017 to 31 January, 2018 it is US$ 8812.22 million. India is the fourth largest trade partner of South Africa. About 150 Indian companies have their presence in South Africa, with an estimated investment of about US$ 10 billion.
• Regular cooperation has been witnessed in the areas of sports. Approximately 1000 South African nationals have been trained under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme since 1993-94. The South African Indian origin community numbers around 1.5 million which constitutes about 3% of South Africa’s total population. South Africans of Indian origin are well-represented in government, business, media, legal and other professions. The year 2010 marked the 150^th anniversary of the first arrival of Indians in South Africa. 2014 marked 100 years of Gandhiji’s final departure to India from South Africa which date is commemorated annually as Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
• The theme for India–South Africa: Joint Issue is “20 years of Strategic Partnership between India and South Africa” depicting images of “Deendayal Upadhyaya” from India and “Oliver Reginald Tambo” from South Africa on stamps.
• Deendayal Upadhyaya:
  • Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on 25 September, 1916, in the village of Dhankia in Rajasthan. He lost his parents at an early age and was brought up and educated at his maternal grandfather’s place under difficult conditions. Deendayal drew strength from the hardships and sufferings around him and rose above his circumstances through sheer grit and determination. He received primary education at Kota and Rajgarh. He matriculated from Sikar. Deendayal went to Pilani to study for his intermediate. He topped the board examination in 1937 with distinction in all subjects. He graduated with first division from Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur in 1939 and joined St. John’s College, Agra for pursuing his Master’s Degree in English Literature. He passed the Provincial Services Exam but he did not join as he was not interested in administrative services. His special areas of interest were sociology and philosophy.
  • Deendayal Upadhyaya was an extremely disciplined and devoted person. His devotion to service, humility and modesty earned respect of those around him. While studying for his graduation in Kanpur in 1937, Deendayal came into contact with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and became a life-long pracharak of the Sangh. Subsequently, he became the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and later its President.
  • Deendayal was a deep and original thinker. In the field of politics and economics, he was pragmatic and down to earth. He visualized for India a decentralized polity and self-reliant economy with the village as its base. He was open to the use of modern technology but wanted it to be adapted to suit Indian requirements. He placed the nation’s interests above everything else. He died on 11 February, 1968.
• Oliver Reginald Tambo:
  • Oliver Reginald Tambo was born on 27 October, 1917 and groomed in a village life with strong morals and values of hard work. An eloquent young man, he was initially a member of the debating society in a different school where love for discussion and debate was kindled. He later enrolled at Holy Cross Mission near Flagstaff where he became one of the star students. He matriculated from St. Peter’s in Johannesburg with top marks and graduated from Fort Hare University with B.Sc. degree in Maths and Science. It was during this time that his talent as a leader came to the fore when he was elected to the Student’s Representative Council of his residence, Beda Hall.
  • He started his career as a teacher in his alma mater St. Peter’s college. While teaching, he became a very active member of the African National Congress (ANC), forming its Youth League (ANCYL) and became its first National Secretary in 1944. He was promoted as president of the Transvaal ANCYL in 1948 and national vice-president in 1949. In 1951, he formed the first black law partnership with Nelson Mandela. In 1953, he became Secretary General of the ANC and in 1958, its Deputy President. In 1960, after the Sharpeville Massacre, the ANC feared increased attacks on their members, Tambo was asked by the ANC to travel abroad and set up the ANC’s international mission. Thereafter, Tambo headed the ANC diplomatic mission to campaign globally and gain support for the anti-Apartheid cause. He also addressed the UN General Assembly of the Special Political Committee, appearing for the freedom of South Africa. In 1963, he gave a passionate plea to the UN for the release of political prisoners in South Africa prisons.
  • In 1967, after the death of ANC President – General Chief Albert Luthuli, Tambo became Acting President until his appointment was approved at the Morogoro conference in 1969. He served as President of the ANC till 1990, when Nelson Mandela was elected President. In 1990, Oliver Tambo and his family returned home after 30 years in exile. He passed the leadership baton to Nelson Mandela. He was elected as a National Chairperson of the ANC. He died on 24 April, 1993 at the age of 75 years.
• Text : Based on the information received from Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

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Issued by India

Issued on Dec 31, 2017

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to release a Commemorative Postage Stamp on Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure : Sh. Sankha Samanta
Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Nenu Gupta

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 604500

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Mehr Chand Mahajan

Born on 23 Dec, 1889 at Tika Nagrota, Kangra district, Punjab, British India [now Himachal Pradesh, India]

Died on 1967

About : 

• Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of India. His contributions for both on and off the Bench, will always remain a philosophical stimulus for the legal fraternity. Law Reports are a testimony of his work as a judge. He authored many famous decisions and landmark cases. Justice Mahajan made his name as an accomplished lawyer, a respected judge, and an influential politician.
• Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was born in a small village called Tika Nagrota in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh in 1889. His father, Lala Brij Lal, was an advocate, who later established a reputed legal practice at Dharamsala. After completing middle school, he went to study in the Government College, Lahore, graduating in 1910. He enrolled in M.Sc. Chemistry, but switched to law following persuasion from his father. He earned an L.L.B. degree in 1912 from the Punjab University, Lahore and started his legal practice at Dharamsala. Soon, he shifted to Gurdaspur. It was at Gurdaspur, that he attained recognition as a lawyer. He thereafter, moved to the Lahore High Court. Within a few years, he became a leading advocate at Lahore, where he argued many important cases and was President, High Court Bar Association, Lahore from 1938-43. Mehr Chand Mahajan was appointed judge of Punjab High Court in September 1943. As a permanent judge, he superseded two sitting judges, one of whom was an Englishman, on the recommendation of the then Chief Justice, Sir Trevor Harries.
• Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir (in May 1947), sent Maharani Tara Devi and his son, Dr. Karan Singh, to meet Justice Mahajan, to offer him the post of Prime Minister. Justice Mahajan’s name was proposed by Sardar Patel – the then Home Minister of India. Before the offer could fructify, Justice Mahajan was made a member of the Radcliffe Commission as an Indian National Congress nominee. As a member of the Commission, he made a momentous contribution, by persuading Lord Mountbatten, to award Gurdaspur (initially awarded to Pakistan), to India. Justice Mahajan’s suggestion, that River Ravi should be made the boundary, dividing India and Pakistan was also accepted. Only, because Gurdaspur is a part of India, it became possible for India to make a road and rail link, connecting Jammu & Kashmir, with the rest of the country.
• After the Radcliffe award, Justice Mahajan who was Judge of the High Court of East Punjab joined the post of Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, in September 1947. Justice Mahajan’s role in persuading Maharaja Hari Singh, to take the decision regarding the accession of Jammu & Kashmir with India, cannot be forgotten.
• On 1^st October 1948 Sh. Mahajan took the oath of office as a Judge of the Federal Court later known as the Supreme Court when the Constitution of India came into force on 26^th January 1950. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan took over as the third Chief Justice of India on January 4, 1954.
• His three famous writings were titled “Preserving Unity of India”, “How to Increase Food Production”, and “Kashmir’s Accession to India”.
• A nationalist to the core, he was a person with strong convictions. He propagated his belief with determination. Though a pre-eminent Judge and Jurist, he was also an administrator of exceptional merit.
• Text : Based on the material received from proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Dec 26, 2016

Issued for : Department of Posts is pleased to release a set of eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on Personality Series: Bihar.

Credits :
Stamp / FDC / Brochure / Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Nenu Gupta & Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 2.0 Lakh

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Sachchidananda Sinha

Born on Nov 10, 1871 at Arrah, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Bihar]

Died on Mar 6, 1950 at Patna, Bihar, India

About : 

• Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha (November 10, 1871 – March 6, 1950) was one of the eminent and noted parliamentarian, educationist, lawyer and journalist of India. He was born in Arrah, in Bihar in a well-to-do Kayastha family. He studied Law at London to become a Barrister. He was hardly in his twenties, when he launched the movement for a separate Bihar, soon after returning from England in the year 1891-92. His dream came true in 1911 when Bihar and Orissa came into existence as provinces separate from Bengal at the famous Delhi Durbar.
• He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1910 to 1920 and the Indian Legislative Assembly. He was Deputy President of the Assembly in 1921. He also held the office of the President in the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council. He was appointed Executive Councillor and Finance Member of the Government of Bihar and Orissa, and, thus, was the first Indian to be appointed as a Finance Member of a Province. Later, he worked as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. In 1946, he was made the Interim President of the Constituent Assembly of India. Dr. Sinha also distinguished himself as a journalist. He was the publisher of the Indian Nation and editor of Hindustan Review. He wrote rich biographical sketches of his eminent contemporaries from Bihar and the rest of India which were later published in two volumes: 1) Some Eminent Behar Contemporaries and 2) Some Eminent Indian Contemporaries, which was published in year 1944. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Patna University from 1936 to 1944.
• Text : Based on the material available on internet.

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Issued by India

Issued on Apr 27, 2016

Issued for : The Department of Posts is pleased to release a commemorative postage stamp on Govardhanram Tripathi.

Credits :
Stamp / FDC / Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.30 million

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi

Born on Oct 20, 1855 at Nadiad, Kheda district, Gujarat, India

Died on Jan 4, 1907 at Mumbai, India

About : 

• Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, born on 20^th October 1855, at Nadiad in Gujarat, was a renowned novelist of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, who wrote mostly in Gujarati language. He regarded his childhood years and the first few years of his life as the happiest period of his life. After finishing his Graduation in 1875, he studied Law and completed L.L.B. In 1883, despite poor health and financial difficulties. He started working as a lawyer in Bombay High Court in June 1884. He did remarkably well, despite refusing, as a matter of principle, lucrative assignments offered to him. During this period, he also did an incredibly large amount of literary work of highest merit.
  
• Shri Tripathi is known for his four volume novel, Saraswatichandra, which has the distinction of being one of the most widely read books of all times in Gujarati Literature. “Saraswatichandra” Part I was published in 1887 followed by “Snehamudra” (the Signet of Love), a collection of poems in 1889. Saraswatichandra Part II was published in 1892 and it was immensely popular. The event was most unusual and unparalleled in Gujarat. The III^rd and IV^th Parts of Saraswatichandra were published in 1898 and 1901 respectively.
  
• Retiring early, at the age of 43, he returned to his hometown and continued to contribute to Gujarati literature and public service.
  
• Shri Govardhanram Tripathi took up an active role in the Indian National Congress during 1902. In 1905, he was elected as the first president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He also wrote various articles and essays in the papers ‘Vasant‘ and ‘Samalochak‘, which were published as books later on. Shri Govardhanram Tripathi was also fluent in English, and wrote ‘Scrap Book‘ in the language. Some of the other works by Shri Govardhanram Tripathi are Leelavati Jeevankala, Saakshar Jeevan, Navalram Nu Kavi Jeevan, Dayaram No Akshardeh, and Sadavastu Vichar.
  
• The period from 1885 to 1915 is called “Govardhan-Yug” or “Govardhan-Era” in Gujarati literature. Shri Govardhanram Tripathi died in Mumbai on the evening of 4 January 1907.
  
• Text : Based on the material received from Gujarat Sahitya Parishad.

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Issued by India

Issued on Sep 30, 2015

Issued for : The Country is celebrating the 125^th Birth year of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the Department of Posts is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on this occasion.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC : Brahm Prakash
Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : Wet Offset

Printing Process : 500 Paise

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Born on Apr 14, 1891 at Mhow, Central Provinces, British India [now in Madhya Pradesh, India]

Died on Dec 6, 1956 at Delhi, India

About : 

• The life of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, born on 14^th April, 1891 in a Mahar family, was marked by struggles but he proved that every hurdle in life can be surmounted with talent and firm determination. The biggest barrier in his life was the caste system adopted by the Hindu society according to which the family he was born in was considered ‘untouchable’. After graduating from Elphinstone College Bombay in 1912, he did his higher studies at Columbia University, USA where he was awarded Ph.D. Later, he joined the London School of Economics and Political Science and obtained the degree of D.Sc. (Eco) and was eventually called to the Bar from Gray’s Inn.
  
• In 1927, Dr. Ambedkar led the Mahad March at the Chowdar Tank at Colaba, near Bombay, to give the untouchables the right to draw water from a public tank. This marked the beginning of his crusade against the practice of discrimination in the society. The temple entry movement launched by Dr. Ambedkar in 1930 at Kalaram temple Nasik is another landmark in his struggle for human rights and social justice.
  
• On 24^th September 1932, Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji reached an understanding, which came to be known as the Poona Pact. The Pact carved out a clear and definite position for the downtrodden on the political scene of the country. It opened up opportunities of education and government service for them and also gave them a right to vote.
  
• Dr. Ambedkar attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London and each time, forcefully projected his views in the interest of the ‘untouchables’.
  
• Dr. Ambedkar, organized the Independent Labour Party, participated in the provincial elections, and was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly.
  
• In 1947, when India became Independent, the first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, invited Dr. Ambedkar, who had been elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly from Bengal, to join his Cabinet as a Law Minister. However, Dr. Ambedkar had differences of opinion with the Government over the Hindu Code Bill, which led to his resignation as Law Minister.
  
• On August 29^th 1947 Dr. Ambedkar was appointed the Chairman of the Drafting Committee that was constituted by Constituent Assemble to draft a Constitution for Independent India. Dr. Ambedkar played a seminal role in the framing of the Indian Constitution. He used his vast experience and knowledge in drafting the Constitution. In his capacity as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, he hammered out a comprehensive workable Constitution. He gave free India its legal framework, and the people, the basis of their freedom.
  
• Ambedkar was a champion of fundamental rights, and Part III of the Indian Constitution guarantees the fundamental rights to the citizens. Some of the fundamental rights contained in Articles 15(2), 17, 23 and 24 are also enforceable against individuals as they are very significant rights relating to the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth etc. The text prepared by Ambedkar provided constitutional guarantees and protections for a wide range of civil liberties for individual citizens, including freedom of religion, the abolition of untouchability and outlawing all forms of discrimination. Dr. Ambedkar argued for extensive economic and social rights for women. Dr. Ambedkar‘s social democracy comprised politicians, political parties with high standards of political morality, honesty and integrity and strong and highly responsible Opposition party or parties committed to the cause of the downtrodden and depressed classes. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution echoes the principles of parliamentary democracy.
  
• In 1948, Dr. Ambedkar completed the draft of the Constitution and presented in the Constituent Assembly. In November 1949, this draft was adopted with very few amendments and came into force on January 26, 1950 marking the beginning of a new era in the history of India. Speaking after the completion of his work, Ambedkar said: “I feel the Constitution is workable; it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peace time and in war time“.
  
• On October 14, 1956 Baba Saheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism along with many of his followers. The same year he completed his last writing ‘Buddha and His Dharma‘. On 6^th December, 1956, Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar attained ‘Mahaparinirvan’.
  
• In 1990, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of our Constitution, was bestowed with Bharat Ratna.
  
• Text : Based on the material provided by the proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Sep 25, 2012

Issued for : The Department of Posts is privileged to issue a commemorative postage stamp on Motilal Nehru, a commanding figure of India’s freedom struggle, who was instrumental in laying the cornerstone of a secular and democratic India.

Credits :
Stamp / FDC : Sankha Samanta
Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Photo Gravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nashik

Name : Motilal Nehru

Born on May 6, 1861 at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died on Feb 6, 1931 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

About : 

• One of the most eminent personalities of the Indian nationalist movement, Motilal Nehru (1861-1931) was a legal luminary, a noted parliamentarian and a journalist who upheld high ideals. He is also remembered as the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister and one of the tallest statesmen of the world in the post-World War era.
• Though he hailed from an aristocratic family, Motilal had to go through testing times early in life. He lost his father three months before his birth, and was raised by his elder brothers. Student days at the Muir Central College, Allahabad exerted a formative influence on young Motilal. Subsequently he took up Law as his career. Motilal Nehru emerged successful in the legal practice, and in course of time, he came to be counted among the leading lawyers in the country.
• Motilal’s incursions into politics started with attendance at the Allahabad session of the Congress in 1910. The following year, he became a member of the Allahabad Municipal Board and of the All India Congress Committee. In 1919 he launched the daily paper ‘Independent’, which advocated nationalist ideas forcefully. Motilal’s commitment to the freedom movement and his leadership qualities were widely recognized, and he was elected to preside over the Amritsar Congress in 1919. He was the first among the front rank leaders to accept Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of non-cooperation and cast his lot with the Mahatma. In 1920 he abandoned his practice at the Bar, accepted a frugal style of living and adopted khadi.
• The cancellation of mass civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi in 1922 immediately after arousing patriotic fervour was seen by many as an anti-climax. Motilal advocated entry into Legislative Councils to actively pursue non-cooperation, to enable the people to recover from the mood of despondency. A man who lived by his own conviction, he confronted even Mahatma Gandhi, who disagreed with him on the issue. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das founded the Swarajya Party in January 1923 and contested the elections. The Party emerged the largest in the Central Legislative Assembly. In the six years that followed, Motilal was the leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly.
• The appointment of Simon Commission in 1927, which excluded Indians from the Commission, saw a revival of political activity in the country. Different streams of nationalism converged and it was decided to counter the Commission with an effort to determine the principles of a Constitution for a free India. Motilal Nehru was the considered choice to head the committee for drafting this report. The work of the committee culminated in the Nehru Report which can be described as modern India’s first collective attempt to develop a constitution for itself.
• As Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha unfolded and evolved into a mass movement of an unprecedented scale, an ageing Motilal Nehru, against the advice of his doctors, was once again in the political arena. He was arrested and imprisoned, but his health gave way and he was released. Motilal had the satisfaction of having his son and Gandhiji beside him in his last days. He passed away on February 6, 1931.
• Text : P.N. Ranjit Kumar.

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Issued by India

Issued on Apr 18, 2012

Issued for : The Department of Posts is privileged to issue a postage stamp to commemorate R. Venkataraman, a distinguished son of India who contributed to the country’s emergence as an admired democracy in the modern world.

Credits :
Stamp / FDC : Sankha Samant
Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nashik

Name : Ramaswamy Venkataraman

Born on Dec 4, 1910 at Rajamadam, Pattukkottai taluk, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Died on Jan 27, 2009 at Delhi, India

About : 

• R. Venkataraman (1910-2009) occupied the august office of the President of India during 1987-1992, a period considered to have been a testing phase for the Indian democracy. He provided the country astute constitutional leadership during those years of uneven political tidings.
  
• Born on 4^th December, 1910 in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, the young R. Venkataraman (popularly known as RV) grew up in a traditional environment rooted in moral values. He was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership of the freedom struggle.
  
• R. Venkataraman’s parliamentary career began in 1950, in an era of idealism and patriotic fervour. A persuasive debater, the spark in him was recognized by Prime Minister Nehru. Even the Opposition held him in high regard for his deep understanding of issues and his constructive approach to problems. He made his ministerial debut in his home state in 1957 under the charismatic K. Kamaraj. In Tamil Nadu he came to be known as the ‘Father of Industrialization’ for taking that agrarian state to a position of prominence in India’s industrial map.
  
• A man of vision, RV could sight the ascent of economics in international politics much before it came to be recognized as a global phenomenon. With his pragmatic economic insights, he steered the nation through difficult times as its Finance Minister from 1980-82. His unstinted support for cutting-edge technology as Defence Minister (1982-84) won him appreciation from the Armed Forces as well as the scientist’s community.
  
• His contributions in the international arena were also significant. Making debut in the United Nations in the 1950s as Pandit Nehru’s chosen representative, his work over the next three decades added to India’s reputation and influence. His tenure as President of the U.N. Administrative Tribunal was noteworthy.
  
• After serving as Vice President of India from 1984 to 1987, he was elected the Eighth President of India in 1987. That he had the opportunity to work with four Prime Ministers marks the uniqueness and highlights the challenges of his Presidency. A ‘copybook President’, he was true to the Constitution of India at all times. He displayed rare acumen and statecraft to steer the country along the path of political stability, even as situations never seen earlier by the Indian democracy arose one after the other. Drawing upon his vast reservoir of experience in politics and administration, he displayed fine judgement and sagacity in handling sensitive issues. He once said “The office of the President is like an emergency light. It comes on automatically when there is a crisis and goes off automatically when the crisis passes”.
  
• RV was a patron of arts, a nature-lover, and a humanist supporting worthy causes. An unassuming simplicity, uncompromising work ethics, a sharp intellect and an intense love for his country were among the defining aspects of his personality.
  
• Text : P.N. Ranjit Kumar (Based on material furnished by the proponents).

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Issued by India

Issued on Aug 29, 2011

Issued for : India Post is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on “Dr. M.S. Aney”.

Credits :
Stamp, FDC & Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : ISP Nasik Road

Name : Madhav Shrihari Aney

Born on Aug 29, 1880 at Wani, Yavatmal (Yeotmal), Maharashtra, India

Died on Jan 26, 1968

About : 

• Yavatmal in Maharashtra in the plains of Central India dates back historically to when it was part of Berar province. Days here are searingly hot and nights stifling except during the winter months. In rural Wani, in this windswept cotton, jowar and wheat fields, Dr. Madhav Srihari Aney was born on 29^th August 1880.
  
• As a young man, he met Lokmanya Tilak in 1902 at Morris College, Nagpur and was greatly influenced by his nationalist thought which proved decisive in Aney’s evolution. By 1910, he started his practice as a lawyer in the court at Yavatmal, but the transition into Loknayak Bapuji Aney had begun. His fierce anti British writings in ‘Harikishor’ resulted in prosecution by the Crown and consequent suspension of his Sanad to practice law for one year. That year was well spent accompanying Lokmanya Tilak on his Vidarbha campaigns.
  
• In 1918 Bapuji Aney joined Home Rule League. In 1921, he was elected President of the Vidarbha Pradesh Congress Committee. As on active leader of the mass baaed Civil Disobedience movement, he was punished yet again with cancellation of his Sanad to practice law. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1923. In 1924, he became Member of the Congress Committee.
  
• An erudite scholar and a man of letters, he established the Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh Sammelan at Gwalior in 1928. In 1938, he was appointed Vice Chancellor, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune.
  
• From 1928 to 1929 he served as the Secretary of the Nehru Committee. Inspired by the Salt Satyagraha, he became part of the freedom struggle by resigning his membership of the Legislative Assembly. His role in the non co-operation movement is best exemplified by the wide spread Jungle Satyagraha, started at Pusad in July 1930. He courted arrest and underwent six months imprisonment. Thereafter he was known as ‘Loknayak’.
  
• In 1930 Loknayak Aney joined Mahatma Gandhi in the Quit India movement. In 1931 he became Member of the Congress Working Committee and in 1933 was elected President of the Indian National Congress. In 1941, he became Member of the Viceroy’s Council, but resigned in 1942 in protest when the Viceroy did not respond to the Mahatma’s fast unto death.
  
• From 1943 to 1947, Loknayak Aney was India‘s High Commissioner to Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. In 1948 he became a Member of the Constituent Assembly, representing the Princess of Central India and worked on the framing of the Constitution. In 1948 he was appointed Governor of Bihar.
  
• While bedridden from 1954 to 1960 due to a serious ailment, he appeared before the First States Reorganization Commission, popularly called the Justice Fazal Ali Commission, and pleaded the case for separate statehood for Vidarbha, despite which, the area was merged in the then State of Bombay.
  
• Loknayak Aney was elected to the Parliament from Nagpur in the year 1959. He was a Member of the Lok sabha from 1959 to 1966.
  
• On 26.1.1968, the day he died, he was awarded the “Padma Vibhushan“.
  
• Bapuji Aney was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Academy Award for ‘Tilak Yashmov‘ his epic poem in Sanskrit on the life of his beloved Lokmanya Tilak. In his lifetime he also founded the Marathi Language Newspaper ‘Lokmat’, which is today one of the leading newspapers of Maharashtra.
  
• Text : Based on the text provided by the proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Aug 25, 2011

Issued for : The Department of Posts is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on Pt. K. Santanam.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC & Cancellation : Madhu Chawdhary, Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printer : ISP Nashik Road

Name : Kasturiranga Santhanam

Born on Aug 25, 1885

Died on Aug 30, 1949

About : 

• Pt. K. Santanam was born on 25^th August, 1885 to A. Krishnamachari lyengar who was then the Dewan of Mysore. As both the parents died when he was young, he was sent to his relatives at Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu) where he completed high school and college studies. He did his post graduation in Economics at Madras Presidency College and won a Gold Medal. On obtaining scholarship he went to England to study law at Kings College, Cambridge and became barrister in 1910. On return, he chose to settle in Lahore and practiced Law at the High Court.
• As a lawyer he took up the defence of those implicated in the aftermath of Jallianwala Bagh massacre. No one was allowed to travel outside Amritsar under the Martial Law then in effect, but Pt. K. Santanam managed to slip out and brought the atrocities perpetrated in Punjab to the notice of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. He assisted Gandhiji in the drafting of the inquiry report.
• After ten eventful years as a lawyer he quit his legal practice following Gandhiji‘s clarion call to boycott the law courts and British Educational Institutions. He took active part in the Non-Cooperation Movement. He was arrested on 2^nd December 1921 along with Lala Lajpat Rai. On being released he taught in the National College set up by Lalaji. He held several important positions in the Congress Committee. He also took part in the Salt Satyagraha Movement.
• In 1924, under Lala Lajpat Rai‘s inspiration he set up the Lakshmi Insurance Company with its Head Office at Lahore. It was a successful venture. The Lakshmi Insurance Company was the Punjab’s second biggest successful venture in the Life Insurance Business as noted in “Life Insurance in India – Its History, Law, Practice and Problems“ by R.M. Ray. Important known surviving buildings of the company still exist in Pakistan.
• Pt. K. Santanam was known for his progressive thoughts. He shunned certain rituals and practices and rejected the caste system. He was a successful lawyer, freedom fighter and an enterprising businessman with foresight.
• He passed away on 30^th August 1949.
• Text : Based on the material provided by the proponent.

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Issued by India

Issued on Dec 22, 2010

Issued for : India Post is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on Shri Bhausaheb Hiray.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.3 Million

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printers : India Security Press, Nasik

Name : Bhausaheb Hiray

Born on Mar 1, 1905 at Nimgaon, Nashik, India

Died on Nov 6, 1961

About : 

• Shri Bhausaheb Hiray was born on 01^st March 1905 at Nimgaon, a small village in Nashik district. He had his primary education at his village and moved to a nearby town to pursue high school studies. After graduation he did his L.L.B. from Vadodara.
• He took active part in the social work of Sathyashodhak Movement launched by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. He also took part in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned for 15 months.
• Shri Bhausaheb Hiray had a strong conviction that education is the only tool with which the poverty of the people can be rooted out. His life’s mission was to provide good education. He formed “Nimgaon Vibhag Prasarak Mandal” and Adivasi Sewa Samiti and opened schools & hostels. By 1952, the educational institutions he had opened were brought under one umbrella and were named Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir.
• Whether it was building up the cooperative movement, fostering unity between Hindus and Muslims, imparting good education, tribal movement, launching of Koyna Dam Project, getting the Tillers Act implemented; the role of Shri Bhausaheb Hiray was truly commendable. In 1960, he led a delegation to Japan and successfully voiced India‘s concern on Nuclear Proliferation. He passed away on 06^th November 1961.
• Text : Based on materials provided by the proponent.

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