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  • 1 October 2015

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister, on a ₹5 definitive stamp of the Creators of India series.

Date of issue October 1, 2015
Denomination Rs. 5
Perforation 12¾ x 13
Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple [Up]
Colours Blue
Catalogue codes Michel IN 2929 Stamp Number IN 2762 Yvert et Tellier IN 2660M Stanley Gibbons IN 3080

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Lal Bahadur Shastri on a definitive stamp of the Creators of India series. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966), the second Prime Minister of India, gave the call “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” and died at Tashkent in January 1966.

Creators of India

This definitive belongs to the series of portraits of the people who shaped modern India that India Post began in 2015, which catalogues call Creators of India. No India Post brochure is published for definitive stamps; this text draws on Wikipedia.

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