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Category Issue 1947 Jai Hind Thematic 21-11-1947 National Flag 3½ anna 15-12-1947 Ashoka Lion Capital 1½ anna Aircraft 12 anna 1948 29-05-1948 Air-India International 12 anna Institution 15-08-1948 Mahatma Gandhi (Set of 4 Stamps) Personality Mahatma Gandhi 1½ anna Mahatma Gandhi 3½ anna Mahatma Gandhi 12 anna Mahatma Gandhi 10 Rs 1949 10-10-1949 Universal Postal Union (Set of 4 Stamps) Institution Universal Postal Union 9 pies Universal Postal Union 2 anna Universal Postal Union 3½ anna Universal Postal Union 12 anna 1950 26-01-1950 Republic of India Inauguration Jan 26, 1950 (Set of 4 Stamps) Thematic Rejoicing crowds 2 anna Quill, Ink well and Verse 3½ anna Corn and Plough 4 anna Charkha and Cloth 12 anna 1951 13-01-1951 Geological Survey of India 2anna Institution 04-03-1951 1st Asian Games (Set of 2 Stamps) Event 1st Asian Games 2anna 1st Asian Games 12anna 1952 01-10-1952 Saints and Poets (Set of 6 Stamps) Thematic Kabir 9 pies Tulsidas 1 anna Mira 2 anna Surdas 4 anna Ghalib 4½ anna Rabindranath Tagore 12 anna 1953 16-04-1953 Railway Centenary 2 anna Event 02-10-1953 Conquest of Everest (Set of 2 Stamps) Event Conquest of Everest 2 anna Conquest of Everest 14 anna 01-11-1953 Telegraph Centenary 2 anna Event Telegraph Centenary 12 anna 1954 01-10-1954 Postage Stamp Centenary (Set of 4 Stamps) Thematic Runner, Camel and Bullock Cart 1 anna Courier Pigeon and Plane 2 anna Cycle, Train , Ship and Plane 4 anna Courier Pigeon and Plane 14 anna 24-10-1954 United Nations Day 2 anna Event 11-12-1954 4th World Forestry Congress, Dehradun 1954 2 anna Event Commemorative Page 2 of 44 Date of Name of Stamp Denom. Category Issue 1956 24-05-1956 Buddha Jayanti (Set of 2 Stamps) Thematic 2500th Buddha Jayanti 2 anna 2500th Buddha Jayanti 14 anna 23-07-1956 Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2 anna Personality 1957 15-08-1957 Centenary of First Freedom Struggle (Set of 2 Stamps) Thematic Rani Lakshmibai 15 np Sapling and Leaping Flames 90 np 28-10-1957 XIX International Red Cross Conference 15 np Event 14-11-1957 Children's Day (Set of 3 Stamps) Event Children's Day 8 np Children’s Day 15 np Children’s Day 90 np 31-12-1957 Centenary of Universities (Set of 3 Stamps) Event Bombay 10 np Calcutta 10 np Madras 10 np 1958 01-03-1958 Steel Industry of India 15 np Institution 18-04-1958 Dhondo Keshav Karve 15 np Personality 30-04-1958 Indian Air Force : Silver Jubilee (Set of 2 Stamps) Defence IAF Silver Jubilee 15 np IAF Silver Jubilee 90 np 07-11-1958 Bipin Chandra Pal 15 np Personality 14-11-1958 Children’s Day 15 np Event 30-11-1958 Jagadish Chandra Bose 15 np Personality 30-12-1958 INDIA 1958 Exhibition 15 np Event 1959 15-04-1959 Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Bart 15 np Personality 15-06-1959 International Labour Organisation 15 np Institution 14-11-1959 Children's Day 15 np Event 30-12-1959 First World Agriculture Fair 15 np Event 1960 15-02-1960 Thiruvalluvar 15 np Personality 22-06-1960 Kalidasa (Set of 2 Stamps) Thematic Yaksha in ‘Meghduta’ 15 np Shakuntala 1.03 Rs 11-09-1960 Subramania Bharati 15 np Personality 15-09-1960 Dr. M. Visvesvaraya 15 np Personality 14-11-1960 Children’s Day 15 np Event 11-12-1960 UNICEF 15 np Institution 1961 06-01-1961 Tyagaraja 15 np Personality 18-02-1961 First Aerial Post-Golden Jubilee (Set of 3 Stamps) Event First Aerial Post-Golden Jubilee 5 np First Aerial Post-Golden Jubilee 15 np First Aerial Post-Golden Jubilee 1 R 17-04-1961 Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj 15 np Personality 06-05-1961 Motilal Nehru 15 np Personality 07-05-1961 Rabindranath Tagore 15 np Personality 08-06-1961 All India Radio Silver Jubilee 15 np Event 02-08-1961 Prafulla Chandra Ray 15 np Personality 01-09-1961 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande 15 np Personality 14-11-1961 Children’s Day 15 np Event Commemorative Page 3 of 44 Date of Name of Stamp Denom. Category Issue 14-11-1961 Indian Industries Fair 15 np Event 21-11-1961 Forest Centenary 15 np Event 14-12-1961 Archaeological Survey of India (Set of 2 Stamps) Institution Pitalkhora Yaksha 15 np Kalibangan Seal 90 np 25-12-1961 Madan Mohan Malaviya 15 np Personality 1962 01-01-1962 Gauhati Refinery 15 np Institution 26-01-1962 Bhikaiji Cama 15 np Personality 26-01-1962 Panchayati Raj 15 np Institution 04-03-1962 Dayanand Saraswati 15 np Personality 25-03-1962 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi 15 np Personality 07-04-1962 The World United Against Malaria 15 np Event 13-05-1962 Dr. Rajendra Prasad 15 np Personality Centenary of High Courts (Set of 3 Stamps) Event 01-07-1962 Calcutta High Court 15 np 06-08-1962 High Court of Judicature Madras 15 np 14-08-1962 High Court at Bombay 15 np 15-08-1962 Ramabai Ranade 15 np Personality 01-10-1962 Rhino 15 np Thematic 14-11-1962 Children’s Day 15 np Event 03-12-1962 XIX International Congress of Ophthalmology 15 np Event 22-12-1962 Srinivasa Ramanujan 15 np Personality 1963 17-01-1963 Vivekananda 15 np Personality 02-02-1963 Kalidasa (Overprint ) 1 R Personality 21-03-1963 Freedom from Hunger 15 np Event 08-05-1963 Red Cross Centenary 15 np Event 15-08-1963 They Defend (Set of 2 Stamps) Defence They Defend 15 np They Defend 1 R 04-09-1963 Dadabhoy Naoroji 15 np Personality 01-10-1963 Annie Besant 15 np Personality 07-10-1963 Wild Life Series (Set of 5 Stamps) Thematic Gaur 10 np Himalayan Panda 15 np Indian Elephant 30 np Tiger 50 np Indian Lion 1 R 14-11-1963 Children’s Day 15 np Event 10-12-1963 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 15 np Event 1964 04-01-1964 XXVI International Congress of Orientalists, New Delhi 15 np Event 04-01-1964 Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das 15 np Personality 14-01-1964 Purandaradasa 15 np Personality 23-01-1964 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Set of 2 Stamps) Personality Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 15 np Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 55 np Personality 13-02-1964 Sarojini Naidu 15 np Personality 22-02-1964 Kasturba Gandhi 15 np Personality 16-03-1964 Dr. W. M. Haffkine 15 np Personality 12-06-1964 Jawaharlal Nehru 15 p Personality 29-06-1964 Asutosh Mookerjee 15 p Personality 15-08-1964 Sri Aurobindo 15 p Personality 27-09-1964 Raja Rammohun Roy 15 p Personality Commemorative Page 4 of 44 Date of Name of Stamp Denom. Category Issue 09-11-1964 VI International Organisation for Standardisation 15 p Event 14-11-1964 Children’s Day 15 p Event 02-12-1964 St. Thomas 15 p Personality 14-12-1964 XXII International Geological Congress 15 p Event 1965 07-01-1965 Jamsetji Tata 15 p Personality 28-01-1965 Lala Lajpat Rai 15 p Personality 08-02-1965 International Chamber of Commerce 15 p Institution 05-04-1965 Visakhapatnam 15 p Thematic 15-04-1965 Abraham Lincoln 15 p Personality 17-05-1965 International Telecommunication Union Centenary 15 p Event 27-05-1965 Jawahar Jyoti 15 p Thematic 26-06-1965 International Cooperation Year 15 p Event 15-08-1965 Indian Mt. Everest Expedition 15 p Event 10-09-1965 Govind Ballabh Pant 15 p Personality 31-10-1965 Vallabhbhai Patel 15 p Personality 05-11-1965 Chittaranjan Das 15 p Personality 17-11-1965 Vidyapati 15 p Personality 1966 24-01-1966 Pacific Area Travel Association 15 p Institution 26-01-1966 Jai Jawan 15 p Thematic 26-01-1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri 15 p Personality 05-04-1966 Kambar 15 p Personality 14-04-1966 B. R. Ambedkar 15 p Personality 23-04-1966 Kunwar Singh 15 p Personality 09-05-1966 Gopal Krishna Gokhale 15 p Personality 15-05-1966 Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi 15 p Personality 28-06-1966 Maharaja Ranjit Singh 15 p Personality 04-08-1966 Homi Bhabha 15 p Personality 11-11-1966 Abul Kalam Azad 15 p Personality 11-11-1966 Swami Rama Tirtha 15 p Personality 14-11-1966 Children’s Day 15 p Event 25-11-1966 Allahabad High Court 15 p Institution 12-12-1966 Family Planning 15 p Thematic 31-12-1966 5th Asian Games 1966 Hockey Champions 15 p Thematic 1967 11-01-1967 Jai Kisan 15 p Thematic 13-01-1967 General Election 15 p Thematic 17-01-1967 Guru Govind Singh 15 p Personality 19-03-1967 International Tourist Year 15 p Event 16-04-1967 Nandalal Bose 15 p Personality 01-05-1967 Survey of India Bicentenary 15 p Event 11-05-1967 Basaveswara 15 p Personality 30-05-1967 Narsinha Mehta 15 p Personality 11-06-1967 Maharana Pratap 15 p Personality 21-08-1967 Naryana Guru 15 p Personality 05-09-1967 Dr. Radhakrishnan 15 p Personality 01-10-1967 Quit India 15 p Event 09-11-1967 Indo-European Telegraph Line 15 p Thematic 12-11-1967 World Wrestling Championships 15 p Event 12-12-1967 Nehru and Nagaland 15 p Thematic 26-12-1967 Rashbehari Basu 15 p Personality 27-12-1967 Scout Movement 15 p Event 1968 01-01-1968 International Year for Human Rights 15 p Event Commemorative Page 5 of 44 Date of Name of Stamp Denom.