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A portrait of Balgandharva in a patterned turban, printed in brown, with the dates 1888–1967 and his name in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.
Balgandharva
India Post issued this 60 paise stamp on 22 February 1988 for his birth centenary. Narayan Shripad Rajhans became one of the great singers and actors of Marathi musical theatre, famous above all for playing women’s roles. He worked with the Kirloskar Natak Mandali and went on to found his own Gandharva Natak Mandali. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1964 and died at Pune in 1967. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.
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