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A portrait medallion of Nicholas Roerich, on a ₹1 stamp.
Nicholas Roerich
India Post issued this stamp on 9 October 1974 for the birth centenary of Nicholas Roerich, painter, writer and explorer, born at St. Petersburg on 9 October 1874. He came to India in 1924, led expeditions through Central Asia, and in 1928 settled in the Kulu valley, where he painted the Himalayas for the rest of his life. He proposed the Roerich Pact for the protection of cultural treasures in war. He died at Naggar on 13 December 1947. This text draws on India Post’s folder for the issue.
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