GOVERNMENT OF INDIA COMMUNICATIONS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:3616 ANSWERED ON:12.12.2001 ISSUING OF SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS RAMDAS RUPALA GAVIT Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government propose to issue special postage stamps; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the name of the scientists on special postage stamps have been issued during the last three years; (d) whether the Government have received any proposal during the said period regarding issuing of postage stamp on any freedom fighter; and (e) if so, the details thereof? Answer THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR) (a) Yes, Sir. (b) The Government will release a special postage stamp on `Raj Kapoor` on 14.12.2001, `Digboi Oil Refinery` on 18.12.2001, set of two stamps on `Greetings` on 18.12.2001 and set of four stamps on `Temple Architecture` on 22.12.2001. (c) During the last three years, no stamps on scientists have been issued. (d) Yes, Sir. (e) Details are given at annexure. Annexure List of proposals received during last three years regarding issue of postage stamp on the freedom fighters: 1. M. Bhaktavatsalam 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab 4. Sir Adamji Peerbhai 5. Poolithevar 6. Ram Manohar Lohia 7 Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 8. N.G. Ranga 9. Gottipati Brahmayya 10. Sardar Marupilla Chitti 11. Madduri Annapurnayya 12. Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das 13. Balwantrai Mehta 14. Acharya J.B. Kripalani 15. Deokaran Barai 16. Sane Guruji 17. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 18. C. Sankaran Nair 19. Shaheed Durgamal & Dal Bahadur Thapa 20. P. Kakkan 21. Kittur Rani Chennamma 22. Marudhupandiyar Brothers 23. R. Srinivasan 24. Sardar Partap Singh Kairon 25. Acharya Birbal Singh 26. Basawon Sinha 27. Syama Prasad Mookerjee 28. Ram Krishna Singh 29. Radha Gobinda Baruah 30. Chapekar Brothers 31. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi 32. Deshbandhu Gupta 33. Jaglal Choudhary 34. Satis Chandra Samanta 35. Mahesh Prasad Singh 36. Amrita Devi Bisnoi 37. U Kiang Nongbah 38. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 39. Jhalkari Bai 40. Shyam Narayan Singh 41. Jagdev Prasad 42. Gulab Singh Lodha 43. Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya 44. Gourishankar Dalmia 45. Jubba Sahni 46. Sido Murmu & Kanho Murmu 47. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 48. Dr. Radhanath Rath 49. Ram Bahadur Singh 50. Prof. Gokul Lal Asawa 51. Dwarka Prasad Mishra 52. Veer Kunwar Singh 53. Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi 54. Pannalal Barupal 55. Kasinadhuni Poorna Mallikharjunudu 56. Ratubai Adani 57. Brajlal Biyani 58. Rani Avantibai 59. Krantisinha Nana Patil 60. Dadasaheb Gaikwad 61. Dr. Khubchand Baghel 62. Minimata 63. Veer Narayan Singh 64. Thakur Pyare Lal Singh 65. Pandit Sundarlal Sharma 66. Rao Tula Ram 67. Suraj Narain Singh 68. Ram Krishna Khatri 69. Choudhary Devi Lal 70. Joseph Kaka Baptista 71. Yashpal Sharma 72. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari 73. Nibaran Chandra Laskar 74. Nusrat Hussain 75. Jayaprakash Narayan 76. Mangal Pandey 77. Prakash Veer Shastri 78. Shyam Barthwar 79. Biswanath Roy 80. Choudhary Brahm Parkash 81. Umakant 82. Babu Jagjivan Ram 83. Babu Jagannath Prasad 84. Jodha Singh Atteya 85. Rajkumar Bagh 86. Kishori Prasann Singh & Suniti Devi 87. Anil Roy - Lila Roy 88. Nabakrushna Choudhary 89. Mukut Beharilal Bhargava .