Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh

A portrait of the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue June 18, 1988

Denomination 60 p

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1168 Stamp Number IN 1229 Yvert et Tellier IN 980 Stanley Gibbons IN 1291

Themes Famous people, Headgear, Men, Optical Instruments, Politicians, Statesmen

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A portrait of Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh in a white cap and round spectacles, between stripes of saffron and green, with his name in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.

Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh

India Post issued this 60 paise stamp on 18 June 1988. Born on 18 June 1887 at Poiyavan, in Bihar, he taught history at Bhagalpur and then practised law at Patna, until Gandhi’s call took him to the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917. He took part in the Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and went to jail in 1933–34 and again in 1942. After independence he served as a minister and as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.