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2nd Battalion – 3rd Gorkha Rifles, 1991 stamp

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Commemorative Stamp
18 October 1991

2nd Battalion – 3rd Gorkha Rifles

A Gorkha soldier charging with a kukri.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue October 18, 1991

Denomination Rs. 4

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit R. N. Pasricha

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1326 Stamp Number IN 1383 Yvert et Tellier IN 1118 Stanley Gibbons IN 1476

Themes Anniversaries and Jubilees, Army, Military Forces

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A Gorkha soldier in camouflage leaping forward with a kukri raised, with the words “2nd Battalion – The 3rd Gorkha Rifles” in Hindi and English, on a ₹4 stamp.

2nd Battalion, 3rd Gorkha Rifles

India Post issued this ₹4 stamp on 18 October 1991. The battalion was raised on 15 January 1901 at Lansdowne, in the Garhwal Hills. In the First World War it fought in France, Sinai and Palestine, returning with two Victoria Crosses, won by Rifleman Kulbir Thapa and Rifleman Karna Bahadur Rana, and 22 Battle Honours. It went on to serve in Iraq, North Africa, Cyprus, Palestine and Italy in the Second World War.