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Dr. Zakir Husain seated in a high-backed chair, with the words “President of India 1967-1969” and his years, 1897-1969, in Hindi and English, on a 20 paise stamp.
Dr. Zakir Husain
India Post issued this stamp on 11 June 1969 in memory of Dr. Zakir Husain, the third President of India, who had died in office on 3 May 1969. Born in Hyderabad on 8 February 1897, he was one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920, a national university born of the non-cooperation movement, and led it for more than twenty years. He was later Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Governor of Bihar and, from 1962, Vice-President of India. He received the Bharat Ratna in 1963 and became President on 13 May 1967. A scholar and teacher above all, he was remembered for his devotion to education and to India’s many cultures living together.
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